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A comprehensive online book designed to provide web developers with everything they need to know to create rich, interactive and dynamic web pages using JavaScript.

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• About this Book
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1. The History of JavaScript
• Jim and Marc Meet in Palo Alto
• Moving on from Static Web Pages
• LiveScript, JavaScript, JScript, ECMAScript - What's in a Name?
2. A Simple JavaScript Example
3. Embedding JavaScript into Web pages
• The <script> element
• Where to place JavaScript in a Web Page
4. Introducing JavaScript Variables
• Variable Declaration and the Assignment Operator
• JavaScript Variable Naming Conventions
5. JavaScript Variable Types
• The JavaScript typeof Operator
6. JavaScript Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Arithmetic Operators
• Unary Operators - Incrementing and Decrementing Variable Values
• Comparison Operators
• String Operators
• Conditional Operators
• Logical Operators
7. Comments in JavaScript
• Single Line Comments
• Multi-line Comments
8. JavaScript Flow Control and Looping
• JavaScript Conditional Statements
• The JavaScript if Statement
• The JavaScript if ... else Statements
• JavaScript Looping Statements
• JavaScript for loops
• JavaScript while loops
• JavaScript do ... while loops
• JavaScript switch Statements
• Breaking a Loop
• label Statements
• Skipping Statements in Current Loop Iteration
9. Understanding JavaScript Functions
• Declaring and Calling a JavaScript Function
• Passing Arguments to a Function
• Returning a Value from a Function
• Where to Place Function Declarations
10. JavaScript Object Basics
• Creating a Custom JavaScript Object
• Creating and Using Object Instances
• Extending JavaScript Objects
11. JavaScript String Object
• Creating a JavaScript String Object
• JavaScript String Object Methods
• JavaScript String Object Properties
• JavaScript String Object Examples
• Getting the length of a String Object
• Setting String Object text Effects
• Performing Conversions on String Objects
• Manipulating Strings with the String Object
12. JavaScript Date Object
• Understanding System Time
• Creating a JavaScript Date Object
• Setting the Time and Date of the JavaScript Date Object
• Reading the Date and Time from a JavaScript Date Object
• UTC Time
• Finding the Time Zone Offset and Getting Local Time
13. JavaScript Math Object
• JavaScript Math Object Methods
• JavaScript Math Object Properties
• Using JavaScript Math Object and Properties
• Rounding and Truncating Numbers with the the Math Object
14. JavaScript Window Object
• Referencing the JavaScript window Object
• JavaScript window Object Properties
• Opening Browser Windows using JavaScript
• Closing Browser Windows using JavaScript
• Moving and Resizing Windows
• Changing Window Focus
• Displaying Message Box Dialogs
15. JavaScript Document Object
• What is the JavaScript Document Object?
• JavaScript Document Object Methods and Properties
• Using the JavaScript Document Object
• Writing text to a document
• Writing Text to a document in a different Window
• Changing the Document Title
• Changing the Document Colors
• Getting a List of Objects in a Document
16. JavaScript Location Object
• Loading a New URL into the Current Window
• Reading the URL of the Current Window
• Extracting Parts of the URL
• JavaScript Location Object Methods
17. JavaScript History Object
18. JavaScript Arrays
• What is a JavaScript Array
• How to Create a JavaScript Array
• Initializing the Elements of an Array
• Accessing the Elements of a JavaScript Array
• JavaScript Array Object Methods and Properties
• JavaScript Array Sorting
19. JavaScript Timeouts
• Setting up a JavaScript Timeout
• Cancelling a JavaScript Timeout
• Setting up JavaScript Timeout to Repeat
20. Building Forms with JavaScript
• The JavaScript Form Object
• Accessing Objects in a Form
• The JavaScript Text Object
• JavaScript TextArea Object
• The JavaScript Button Object
• JavaScript Check Boxes
• JavaScript Radio Buttons
• JavaScript Drop-down / Select Object
• Obtaining the Current Selection from the JavaScript Select Object
• JavaScript Password Object
21. Understanding JavaScript Cookies
• What is a JavaScript Cookie?
• The Structure of a Cookie
• Cookie Name / Value Pair
• Cookie Expiration Setting
• Cookie path Setting
• Cookie domain Setting
• Creating a Cookie
• Reading a Cookie
• Removing a Cookie
22. Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• What are Cascading Style Sheets for?
• Embedding CSS Styles into a Web Page
• Importing an External Style Sheet into a Web Page
• Creating CSS Rules
• Setting Styles for Individual Elements
• Setting Styles using the id Attribute of an HTML Element
• Using Classes with CSS Rules
23. JavaScript and CSS - Dynamic Styles and Layers
• Making Basic Dynamic Style Changes
• Hiding and Showing Content Using JavaScript
• Using Overlaying Layers
• Making Layers Move

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