The Book of JavaScript

The Book of JavaScript shows you the fundamentals that add the extra edge you've been looking for with interactivity, animation and other fun and useful features. Using real-world examples as an educational basis, author Dave Thau explains in detail how different scripts work and shows you the JavaScript fundamentals necessary to do it on your own. Some of the most important issues include image swaps, functions, frames, forms, cookies, alarms, and dynamic HTML. Learn how to:

• Have your Web page remember someone's name
• Make pages react to a user's actions with events
• Implement image swaps and roll-overs
• Use windows to make a remote control and a picture frame
• Store user preferences with cookies and make a shopping cart
• Add a clock using alarms-plus other tricks with timing
• Implement Dynamic HTML to turn web pages into multimedia applications

Remembering someone's name

Saying different things to different people

Events- how to make your page react to users actions

Image swaps and roll-overs

Magic with Windows- Making a remote control and a picture frame

Functions- The building blocks of JavaScript

Looping through lists- A JavaScript address book and a picture slideshow

Forms- How to write a JavaScript quiz and new ways to navigate pages

Fancy String Handling- How to check spelling

Cookies- Storing user preferences and making a calendar

Alarms- Putting a clock on your page, and other tricks with timing.

Browser Detection- Two ways to determine a user's browser

Dynamic HTML basics- Turning web pages into multimedia applications

Making complicated things easy with objects

Appendix A- Resources

Appendix B- JavaScript reference manual

Appendix C- Answers to exercises.