Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax, 2nd Edition

Book Description

Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential resource for modern JavaScript programming. This completely updated second edition covers everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages, right from the basics. As well as focusing on client-side JavaScript, you will also learn how to work with the Browser Object Model, the Document Object Model (DOM), how to use XML and JSON as well as communicate with service side scripts such as PHP. Find out how to:

• Construct good JavaScript syntax following modern coding practices
• Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data
• Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images
• Debug applications using features inside the browser

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 will take you from being a JavaScript novice to work freely with this important technology – begin your JavaScript journey today!

What you’ll learn

• What functions, variables, events and objects are and how to use them.
• How build a site that will still work in the case that JavaScript is turned off.
• How to access and update part of the page using code.
• How to use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data.
• How to use JavaScript to for form validation and user feedback.
• How to use Third-Party Libraries like jQuery.

Who this book is for

Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is for the person who has a good grasp of HTML and CSS but wants to add JavaScript to their skillset. If you want to learn some basic programming concepts, have experience but need help updating your skills, or you’re coming from another language, Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax can help.

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 and Node.js
Chapter 9. Data Validation Techniques
Chapter 10. Modern JavaScript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery
Chapter 11. Using Third-Party JavaScript
Appendix A. Debugging JavaScript

中文：

书名：使用DOM脚本和AJAX开始JavaScript，第2版

Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax 是现代JavaScript编程的重要资源。这个完全更新的第二版涵盖了你需要知道的一切，以获得最新的JavaScript开发速度，并从基础开始为网页添加动态增强功能。除了关注客户端JavaScript之外，您还将学习如何使用浏览器对象模型、文档对象模型(DOM)、如何使用XML和JSON以及如何与服务端脚本(如PHP)通信。了解如何执行以下操作：

• 遵循现代编码实践构建良好的JavaScript语法
• Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data
• 动态操作标记、验证表单和处理图像
• Debug applications using features inside the browser

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。 Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax 我将带您从一名JavaScript新手开始自由地使用这项重要的技术，今天就开始您的JavaScript之旅吧！

你会学到什么

• 什么是函数、变量、事件和对象以及如何使用它们。
• 如何构建一个在关闭了JavaScript的情况下仍能正常工作的站点。
• How to access and update part of the page using code.
• 如何使用JAVASCRIPT与服务器通信和检索数据。
• How to use JavaScript to for form validation and user feedback.
• How to use Third-Party Libraries like jQuery.

这本书是为谁而写的

Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax 适用于那些对HTML和CSS有很好的理解，但又想要在他们的技能中加入JavaScript的人。如果你想学习一些基本的编程概念，有经验但需要帮助更新你的技能，或者你来自另一种语言， Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax 能帮上忙。

目录表

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
第7章.JavaScript和用户交互：导航和表单
Chapter 8. Back-End Interaction with Ajax and Node.js
Chapter 9. Data Validation Techniques
Chapter 10. Modern JavaScript Case Study: A Dynamic Gallery
Chapter 11. Using Third-Party JavaScript
Appendix A. Debugging JavaScript