Learning JavaScript: A Hands-On Guide to the Fundamentals of Modern JavaScript

Book Description

Get Started Fast with  Modern JavaScript Web Development!

With the arrival of HTML5, jQuery, and Ajax, JavaScript web development skills are more valuable  than ever! This complete, hands-on JavaScript tutorial covers everything you need to know now.  Using line-by-line code walkthroughs and end-of-chapter exercises, top web developer and speaker Tim Wright will help you get results fast, even if you’ve never written a line of JavaScript before.

Smart, friendly, enthusiastic, and packed with modern examples, Learning JavaScript covers both design-level and development-level JavaScript. You’ll find expert knowledge and best practices for everything from jQuery and interface design to code organization and front-end templating. Wright’s focused coverage includes regular break points and clear reviews that make modern JavaScript easier to learn—and easier to use!

Learning JavaScript is your fastest route  to success with JavaScript—whether you’re entirely new to the language or you need to  sharpen and upgrade skills you first learned  a decade ago!

Coverage includes

• Mastering all of the JavaScript concepts and terminology you need to write new programs  or efficiently modify existing code
• Creating robust, secure code for both the design and development levels
• Maximizing usability, reusability, accessibility, clarity, security, and performance
• Taking full advantage of the browser environments your code will run in
• Accessing the DOM to create behaviors and data interactions
• Storing data for easy and efficient access
• Using variables, functions, loops, and other core language features
• Interacting with users through events
• Communicating with servers through Ajax
• Improving your productivity with JavaScript libraries

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Progressive Enhancement
Chapter 2: JavaScript in the Browser
Chapter 3: JavaScript Terminology
Chapter 4: Accessing the DOM
Chapter 5: Storing Data in JavaScript
Chapter 6: Variables, Functions, and Loops
Chapter 7: Interacting with the User Through Events
Chapter 8: Communicating with the Server Through Ajax
Chapter 9: Code Organization
Chapter 10: Making JavaScript Easier with Libraries
Chapter 11: HTML5 JavaScript APIs
Chapter 12: Moving Forward with JavaScript

中文：

书名：Learning JavaScript: A Hands-On Guide to the Fundamentals of Modern JavaScript

Get Started Fast with  Modern JavaScript Web Development!

随着HTML5、jQuery和AJAX的到来，JavaScript Web开发技能比以往任何时候都更有价值！这本完整的、实际操作的JavaScript教程涵盖了您现在需要了解的所有内容。通过使用逐行代码演练和章节结束练习，顶尖的Web开发人员兼演讲者Tim Wright将帮助您快速获得结果，即使您以前从未编写过一行JavaScript。

聪明、友好、热情，并包含了大量的现代示例，《学习JavaScript》涵盖了设计级和开发级的两个方面。您将找到从jQuery和接口设计到代码组织和前端模板的所有领域的专业知识和最佳实践。Wright的重点报道包括定期的中断点和清晰的评论，这使得现代的JavaScript更容易学习-也更容易使用！

学习JavaScript是您获得成功的最快途径-无论您是全新的语言还是需要进一步磨练和提升您十年前首次学习的技能！

Coverage includes

• 掌握编写新程序或高效修改现有代码所需的所有JavaScript概念和术语
• 为设计和开发级别创建健壮、安全的代码
• 最大限度地提高可用性、可重用性、可访问性、清晰度、安全性和性能
• 充分利用代码将在其中运行的浏览器环境
• 访问DOM以创建行为和数据交互
• 存储数据，以便轻松高效地访问
• 使用变量、函数、循环和其他核心语言功能
• Interacting with users through events
• Communicating with servers through Ajax
• 使用JavaScript库提高您的工作效率

Table of Contents

第1章：逐步增强
Chapter 2: JavaScript in the Browser
第3章：JavaScript术语
第4章：访问DOM
Chapter 5: Storing Data in JavaScript
Chapter 6: Variables, Functions, and Loops
第7章：通过事件与用户交互
第8章：通过AJAX与服务器通信
第9章：代码组织
第10章：使用库更轻松地使用JavaScript
第11章：HTML5 Java API
Chapter 12: Moving Forward with JavaScript