Coding with JavaScript For Dummies

Book Description

Go from beginner to builder quickly with this hands-on JavaScript guide Coding with JavaScript For Dummies provides easy, hands-on instruction for anyone looking to learn this popular client-side language. No experience? No problem! This friendly guide starts from the very beginning and walks you through the basics, then shows you how to apply what you’ve learned to real projects. You’ll start building right away, including web page elements and simple applications, so you can immediately see how JavaScript is used in the real world. Online exercises allow you to test your code and expand your skills, and the easy-to-follow instruction provides step-by-step guidance toward understanding the JavaScript syntax, applications, and language. JavaScript enhances static web pages by providing dynamic elements that can adapt and react to user action. It’s a need-to-know tool for aspiring web designers, but anyone can benefit from understanding this core development language.

Coding with JavaScript For Dummies takes you from beginner to builder quickly as you:

* Learn what JavaScript does, how it works, and where to use it

* Master the core elements of JavaScript and immediately put it to work

* Build interactive web elements and try out your code online

* Create basic applications as you apply JavaScript to the app development workflow Anytime a website responds to your movement around the screen, that’s JavaScript. It makes websites more functional, more beautiful, and more engaging, and your site visitors will demand nothing less. If you want to build a better website, you need JavaScript. If you need JavaScript, Coding with JavaScript For Dummies gets you started off quickly and painlessly, with plenty of hands-on practice.

Table of Contents

Part I Getting Started with JavaScript
Chapter 1 The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language
Chapter 2 Writing Your First JavaScript Program
Chapter 3 Working with Variables
Chapter 4 Understanding Arrays
Chapter 5 Working with Operators, Expressions, and Statements
Chapter 6 Getting into the Flow with Loops and Branches

Part II Organizing Your JavaScript
Chapter 7 Getting Functional
Chapter 8 Making and Using Objects

Part III JavaScript on the Web
Chapter 9 Controlling the Browser with the Window Object
Chapter 10 Manipulating Documents with the DOM
Chapter 11 Using Events in JavaScript
Chapter 12 Integrating Input and Output
Chapter 13 Working with CSS and Graphics

Part IV Beyond the Basics
Chapter 14 Searching with Regular Expressions
Chapter 15 Understanding Callbacks and Closures
Chapter 16 Embracing AJAX and JSON

Part V JavaScript and HTML5
Chapter 17 HTML5 APIs
Chapter 18 jQuery

Part VI The Part of Tens
Chapter 19 Ten JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries to Learn Next
Chapter 20 Ten Common JavaScript Bugs and How to Avoid Them
Chapter 21 Ten Online Tools to Help You Write Better JavaScript

中文：

书名：Coding with JavaScript For Dummies

快速从初学者到建造者使用本实践指南使用JAVASCRIPT为Dummies编写代码为任何希望学习这种流行的客户端语言的人提供了简单的实践指导。没有经验吗？没问题!这本友好的指南从一开始就指导你学习基础知识，然后告诉你如何将你所学到的东西应用到实际的项目中。您将立即开始构建，包括网页元素和简单的应用程序，这样您就可以立即看到在现实世界中是如何使用JavaScript的。在线练习允许您测试您的代码并扩展您的技能，简单易懂的说明提供了了解JavaScript语法、应用程序和语言的分步指导。通过提供能够适应用户操作并对其做出反应的动态元素，JavaScript增强了静态网页。对于有抱负的网页设计师来说，它是一个需要了解的工具，但任何人都可以从理解这一核心开发语言中受益。

使用JAVASCRIPT为Dummies编写代码将使您从初学者快速过渡到构建者：

*了解JavaScript的用途、工作原理以及在哪里使用

*掌握JavaScript的核心元素，立即付诸实施

* Build interactive web elements and try out your code online

*创建基本应用程序时，只要网站对您在屏幕上的移动做出响应，您就可以在应用程序开发工作流程中应用JavaScript，这就是JavaScript。它让网站变得更实用、更美观、更吸引人，你的网站访问者也不会要求更少。如果你想建立一个更好的网站，你需要使用JavaScript。如果您需要Java脚本，那么使用Dummies的Java脚本编程可以让您快速、轻松地开始，并进行大量的实践练习。

目录表

第一部分：JavaScript入门
第1章：世界上最容易被误解的编程语言
第2章编写您的第一个JavaScript程序
Chapter 3 Working with Variables
Chapter 4 Understanding Arrays
第5章使用运算符、表达式和语句
第6章使用循环和分支进入流

第二部分组织您的Java脚本
Chapter 7 Getting Functional
第八章物品的制作和使用

Part III JavaScript on the Web
第9章用Window对象控制浏览器
第十章使用DOM处理文档
第11章在JavaScript中使用事件
第十二章投入产出一体化
Chapter 13 Working with CSS and Graphics

基础之外的第四部分
Chapter 14 Searching with Regular Expressions
Chapter 15 Understanding Callbacks and Closures
Chapter 16 Embracing AJAX and JSON

Part V JavaScript and HTML5
第17章HTML5 API
第十八章jQuery

第六部分TENS的部分
第19章接下来要学习的十个JavaScript框架和库
第20章十种常见的JavaScript错误及其避免方法
第21章帮助您编写更好的JavaScript的十种在线工具