Object-Oriented JavaScript -- Table of Contents -- Object-Oriented JavaScript -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Errata -- Questions -- 1. Introduction -- A Bit of History -- The Winds of Change -- The Present -- The Future -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Objects -- Classes -- Encapsulation -- Aggregation -- Inheritance -- Polymorphism -- OOP Summary -- Setting up Your Training Environment -- Getting the Tools You Need -- Using the Firebug Console -- Summary -- 2. Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions -- Variables -- Variables are Case Sensitive -- Operators -- Primitive Data Types -- Finding out the Value Type -the typeof Operator -- Numbers -- Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers -- Exponent Literals -- Infinity -- NaN -- Strings -- String Conversions -- Special Strings -- Booleans -- Logical Operators -- Operator Precedence -- Lazy Evaluation -- Comparison -- Undefined and null -- Primitive Data Types Recap -- Arrays -- Adding/Updating Array Elements -- Deleting Elements -- Arrays of arrays -- Conditions and Loops -- Code Blocks -- if Conditions -- Checking if a Variable Exists -- Alternative if Syntax -- Switch -- Loops -- While Loops -- Do-while loops -- For Loops -- For-in Loops -- Comments -- Summary -- Exercises -- 3. Functions -- What is a Function? -- Calling a Function -- Parameters -- Pre-defined Functions -- parseInt() -- parseFloat() -- isNaN() -- isFinite() -- Encode/Decode URIs -- eval() -- A Bonus-the alert() Function -- Scope of Variables -- Functions are Data -- Anonymous Functions -- Callback Functions -- Callback Examples -- Self-invoking Functions -- Inner (Private) Functions -- Functions that Return Functions -- Function, Rewrite Thyself! -- Closures -- Scope Chain -- Lexical Scope.

Breaking the Chain with a Closure -- Closure #1 -- Closure #2 -- A Definition and Closure #3 -- Closures in a Loop -- Getter/Setter -- Iterator -- Summary -- Exercises -- 4. Objects -- From Arrays to Objects -- Elements, Properties, Methods -- Hashes, Associative Arrays -- Accessing Object's Properties -- Calling an Object's Methods -- Altering Properties/Methods -- Using this Value -- Constructor Functions -- The Global Object -- constructor Property -- instanceof Operator -- Functions that Return Objects -- Passing Objects -- Comparing Objects -- Objects in the Firebug Console -- Built-in Objects -- Object -- Array -- Interesting Array Methods -- Function -- Properties of the Function Objects -- Methods of the Function Objects -- The arguments Object Revisited -- Boolean -- Number -- String -- Interesting Methods of the String Objects -- Math -- Date -- Methods to Work with Date Objects -- RegExp -- Properties of the RegExp Objects -- Methods of the RegExp Objects -- String Methods that Accept Regular Expressions as Parameters -- search() and match() -- replace() -- Replace callbacks -- split() -- Passing a String When a regexp is Expected -- Error Objects -- Summary -- Exercises -- 5. Prototype -- The prototype Property -- Adding Methods and Properties Using the Prototype -- Using the Prototype's Methods and Properties -- Own Properties versus prototype Properties -- Overwriting Prototype's Property with Own Property -- Enumerating Properties -- isPrototypeOf() -- The Secret __proto__ Link -- Augmenting Built-in Objects -- Augmenting Built-in Objects-Discussion -- Some Prototype gotchas -- Summary -- Exercises -- 6. Inheritance -- Prototype Chaining -- Prototype Chaining Example -- Moving Shared Properties to the Prototype -- Inheriting the Prototype Only -- A Temporary Constructor-new F() -- Uber-Access to the Parent from a Child Object.

Isolating the Inheritance Part into a Function -- Copying Properties -- Heads-up When Copying by Reference -- Objects Inherit from Objects -- Deep Copy -- object() -- Using a Mix of Prototypal Inheritance and Copying Properties -- Multiple Inheritance -- Mixins -- Parasitic Inheritance -- Borrowing a Constructor -- Borrow a Constructor and Copy its Prototype -- Summary -- Case Study: Drawing Shapes -- Analysis -- Implementation -- Testing -- Exercises -- 7. The Browser Environment -- Including JavaScript in an HTML Page -- BOM and DOM-An Overview -- BOM -- The window Object Revisited -- window.navigator -- Firebug as a Cheat Sheet -- window.location -- window.history -- window.frames -- window.screen -- window.open()/close() -- window.moveTo(), window.resizeTo() -- window.alert(), window.prompt(), window.confirm() -- window.setTimeout(), window.setInterval() -- window.document -- DOM -- Core DOM and HTML DOM -- Accessing DOM Nodes -- The document Node -- documentElement -- Child Nodes -- Attributes -- Accessing the Content Inside a Tag -- DOM Access Shortcuts -- Siblings, Body, First, and Last Child -- Walk the DOM -- Modifying DOM Nodes -- Modifying Styles -- Fun with Forms -- Creating New Nodes -- DOM-only Method -- cloneNode() -- insertBefore() -- Removing Nodes -- HTML-Only DOM Objects -- Primitive Ways to Access the Document -- document.write() -- Cookies, Title, Referrer, Domain -- Events -- Inline HTML Attributes -- Element Properties -- DOM Event Listeners -- Capturing and Bubbling -- Stop Propagation -- Prevent Default Behavior -- Cross-Browser Event Listeners -- Types of Events -- XMLHttpRequest -- Send the Request -- Process the Response -- Creating XMLHttpRequest Objects in IE prior to version 7 -- A is for Asynchronous -- X is for XML -- An Example -- Summary -- Exercises -- 8. Coding and Design Patterns -- Coding Patterns.

Separating Behavior -- Content -- Presentation -- Behavior -- Example of Separating Behavior -- Namespaces -- An Object as a Namespace -- Namespaced Constructors -- A namespace() Method -- Init-Time Branching -- Lazy Definition -- Configuration Object -- Private Properties and Methods -- Privileged Methods -- Private Functions as Public Methods -- Self-Executing Functions -- Chaining -- JSON -- Design Patterns -- Singleton -- Singleton 2 -- Global Variable -- Property of the Constructor -- In a Private Property -- Factory -- Decorator -- Decorating a Christmas Tree -- Observer -- Summary -- A. Reserved Words -- Keywords -- Future Reserved Words -- B. Built-in Functions -- C. Built-in Objects -- Object -- Members of the Object Constructor -- Members of the Objects Created by the Object Constructor -- Array -- Members of the Array Objects -- Function -- Members of the Function Objects -- Boolean -- Number -- Members of the Number Constructor -- Members of the Number Objects -- String -- Members of the String Constructor -- Members of the String Objects -- Date -- Members of the Date Constructor -- Members of the Date Objects -- Math -- Members of the Math Object -- RegExp -- Members of RegExp Objects -- Error Objects -- Members of the Error Objects -- D. Regular Expressions -- Index.