Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox Professional Guides)

Zakas, Nicholas C.

ISBN 10: 1118026691 / ISBN 13: 9781118026694

Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox Professional Guides)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118026691
• ISBN 13: 9781118026694
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

This book provides a developer-level introduction along with more advanced and useful features of JavaScript. Coverage includes: * JavaScript use with HTML to create dynamic webpages, language concepts including syntax and flow control statements * variable handling given their loosely typed nature * built-in reference types such as object and array * object-oriented programing * powerful aspects of function expressions * Browser Object Model allowing interaction with the browser itself * detecting the client and its capabilities * Document Object Model (DOM) objects available in DOM Level 1 * how DOM Levels 2 and 3 augmented the DOM * events, legacy support, and how the DOM redefined how events should work * enhancing form interactions and working around browser limitations * using the tag to create on-the-fly graphics * JavaScript API changes in HTML5 * how browsers handle JavaScript errors and error handling * features of JavaScript used to read and manipulate XML data * the JSON data format as an alternative to XML * Ajax techniques including the use of XMLHttpRequest object and CORS * complex patterns including function currying, partial function application, and dynamic functions * offline detection and storing data on the client machine * techniques for JavaScript in an enterprise environment for better maintainability This book is aimed at three groups of readers: Experienced object-oriented programming developers looking to learn JavaScript as it relates to traditional OO languages such as Java and C++; Web application developers attempting to enhance site usability; novice JavaScript developers. Nicholas C. Zakas worked with the Web for over a decade. He has worked on corporate intranet applications used by some of the largest companies in the world and large-scale consumer websites such as MyYahoo! and the Yahoo! homepage. He regularly gives talks at companies and conferences regarding front-end best practices and new technology.

About the Author

Nicholas C. Zakas is a front-end architect who honed his skills working at Yahoo! for five years. He has worked in web development for over a decade, developing web solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. He is the author of previous editions of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers and a coauthor of Professional Ajax.