Book description
Learn to use these powerful tools together and build Web sites that work
If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're new to Web programming, this book helps you create sites any designer will admire. With easy-to-understand steps and an emphasis on free tools, you'll be able to jump right into building a site using the same techniques as the pros.
Down to basics — learn your way around JavaScript and choose an editor and test browser
Manage complexity — use functions, arrays, and objects to create more sophisticated programs
Page magic — discover how to control what happens on your pages, animate objects, and put pages in motion
Get beautiful — Use the jQuery User Interface library to add sliders, tabbed interfaces, and custom dialogs to a site
Come clean with AJAX — build AJAX requests into your programs, use jQuery, and work with AJAX data
Open the book and find:
How to choose a test browser
How to discuss string concatenation with a straight face
Tips for debugging your code
How to add useful information to a dropdown list
Why AJAX connections should be asynchronous
The exciting possibilities of the jQuery library
How to use the Aptana editor
Online resources for JavaScript programmers
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Programming with JavaScript
- 1. Taking the Web to the Next Level
- 2. Writing Your First Program
- 3. Changing Program Behavior with Conditions
- 4. Loops and Debugging
- 5. Functions, Arrays, and Objects
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II. Using JavaScript to Enhance Your Pages
- 6. Talking to the Page
- 7. Getting Valid Input
- 8. Moving and Grooving
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III. Moving Up to AJAX
- 9. AJAX Essentials
- 10. Improving JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery
- 11. Animating jQuery
- 12. Using the jQuery User Interface Toolkit
- 13. Improving Usability with jQuery
- 14. Working with AJAX Data
- IV. The Part of Tens
- BC1. XHTML Foundations
- BC2. Formatting with CSS
Product information
- Title: JavaScript® and AJAX for Dummies®
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2009
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9780470417997
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