JavaScript The Complete Reference 3rd Edition - Softcover

Powell, Thomas A.; Schneider, Fritz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071741208 ISBN 13: 9780071741200

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2012

Synopsis

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The essential JavaScript resource―fully updated

Design, debug, and publish high-performance web pages and applications using tested techniques and best practices from expert developers. The all-new edition of this comprehensive guide has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest JavaScript features, tools, and programming methods.

JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition provides illustrative examples, line-by-line code samples, and practical development advice―from the core of the language to the various standard and emerging APIs supported by modern web browsers. This in-depth resource covers everything you need to know, whether you’re trying to understand the fundamentals of weak typing in JavaScript, reduce your confusion over closures, or perform common tasks like form validation or Ajax calls.

• Explore core JavaScript syntax and data types
• Investigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closures
• Use object-oriented programming the JavaScript way
• See what changes come from ECMAScript 5
• Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methods
• Handle user-generated events with modern event models
• Modernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScript
• Use the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applications
• Control animation and multimedia content with JavaScript
• Generate bitmap graphics with the Canvas API
• Learn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser coding
• Discover defensive development and error handling

About this title

About the Authors

Thomas Powell is the founder and principal of Powell Internet Consulting, Inc. a San Diego-based web design firm that specializes in Web research and development and site construction for high-tech companies. He developed the Web Design Certificate Program at UCSD, teaches web publishing classes and serves as senior instructor and faculty advisor in the University's Information Technology Program. He holds a Bachelor of Science from UCLA and a Master's degree in Computer Science from UCSD. Powell is the author of three books: HTML: The Complete Reference and HTML Programmer's Reference for Osborne and Web Site Engineering: Beyond Web Page Design for Prentice Hall.

Fritz Schneider is a Software Engineer at Google where he works on both front- and back-end systems. His previous experience includes social search service Aardvark and an earlier stint at Google where he founded Google's Firefox and Safe Browsing teams. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Columbia University and an MS in Computer Science from UC San Diego.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071741208
• ISBN 13: 9780071741200
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 976