Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional

Book Description

JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development. Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming; it’s practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications.

Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann begins gently by giving you an overview of JavaScriptits syntax, good coding practices, and the principles of DOM scripting. Then he builds up your JavaScript toolkit, covering dynamically manipulating markup, changing page styling on the fly using the CSS DOM, validating forms, dealing with images, and much more. Then he takes you to advanced territory, with a complete case study illustrating how many new JavaScript techniques can work together, plus a great introduction to Ajax development.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with JavaScript
CHAPTER 2 Data and Decisions
CHAPTER 3 From DHTML to DOM Scripting
CHAPTER 4 HTML and JavaScript
CHAPTER 5 Presentation and Behavior (CSS and Event Handling)
CHAPTER 6 Common Uses of JavaScript: Images and Windows
CHAPTER 7 JavaScript and User Interaction: Navigation and Forms
CHAPTER 8 Back-End Interaction with Ajax
CHAPTER 9 Data Validation Techniques
CHAPTER 10 Modern JavaScript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery
CHAPTER 11 Using Third-Party JavaScript
APPENDIX Debugging JavaScript

中文：

书名：Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional

JAVASCRIPT是Web上最重要的技术之一。它提供了向Web页面添加动态功能的方法，并作为AJAX风格的Web开发的主干。 从使用DOM脚本和AJAX开始编写JavaScript 是现代JavaScript编程的基本指南；它很实用，但很全面。它涵盖了您需要了解的所有内容，以加快JavaScript开发速度，并为Web页面和编程AJAX风格的应用程序添加动态增强功能。

Experienced web developer Christian Heilmann 简单地介绍了Java Scriptits的语法、良好的编码实践和DOM脚本编写原则。然后，他构建了您的JavaScript工具箱，包括动态操作标记、使用CSSDOM动态更改页面样式、验证表单、处理图像等等。然后，他带您进入高级领域，提供了一个完整的案例研究，演示了多少种新的JavaScript技术可以协同工作，并对AJAX开发进行了很好的介绍。

Table of Contents

第1章：JavaScript入门
第2章数据和决策
第三章从DHTML到DOM脚本
第4章：HTML和JavaScript
第5章表示和行为(css和事件处理)
第6章JavaScript的常见用法：图像和Windows
第7章：JavaScript和用户交互：导航和表单
第8章与AJAX的后端交互
第9章数据验证技术
第十章现代JavaScript案例研究：动态库
CHAPTER 11 Using Third-Party JavaScript
附录调试Java脚本