HTML5 Programming with JavaScript® For Dummies® -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- What You Don't Have to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- Conventions Used in This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: Understanding the Basics of JavaScript -- Chapter 1: HTML, Say Hello to JavaScript -- Introducing JavaScript -- Seeing How JavaScript Fits into an HTML Document -- Chapter 2: Assessing Tools of the Trade -- Researching Browsers and Their Debugging Tools -- Discovering Programs to Write JavaScript -- Hosting Your Site -- Chapter 3: Integrating HTML5 and JavaScript -- Creating Simple Output -- Working with JavaScript Statements -- Writing Comments in JavaScript -- Alerting Visitors That JavaScript Has Something to Say -- Part II: Speaking the JavaScript Language -- Chapter 4: Embracing JavaScript Variables -- Understanding Simple Variables -- Working with Booleans -- Working with Numbers -- Working with Text -- Working with Arrays -- Chapter 5: Working with Objects -- Defining Objects -- Using and Creating Objects -- Working with Object Literals -- Naming Variables and Objects Properly -- Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Standard JavaScript Objects -- Defining the Basic JavaScript Objects -- Introducing the String Object -- Working with the Date Object -- Part III: Meeting JavaScript's Control Structures -- Chapter 7: Using Functions -- Using the Built-In Functions -- Working with the Math Object -- Building Custom Functions -- Working with Private Properties and Methods -- Chapter 8: Making Choices in JavaScript -- Understanding the Reasons for Applications to Make Decisions -- Deciding When to Use the if Statement -- Switching Between Choices -- Chapter 9: Making the Rounds with Loops -- Discovering Loops -- Creating for Loops -- Creating while Loops.

Examining Objects Using for/in -- Nesting Loops -- Chapter 10: Performing Error Handling -- Understanding Errors -- Catching Errors -- Throwing Errors -- Form Event Support in JavaScript -- Part IV: Interacting with Users and HTML -- Chapter 11: Understanding the Document Object Model -- Introducing the Document Object Model (DOM) -- Accessing Individual HTML Elements -- Considering Events -- Working with Styles -- Working with Nodes -- Chapter 12: Handling Events -- Introducing Events -- Clicking to Create an Event -- Pressing a Key -- Creating Custom Events -- Chapter 13: Connecting with Style: JavaScript and CSS -- Changing HTML Elements -- Building Dynamic HTML Elements -- Animating and Positioning HTML Elements -- Creating JavaScript-Based Menus -- Chapter 14: Enhancing HTML5 Forms with JavaScript -- Revisiting the HTML5 Form Features -- Accessing Form Elements -- Validating Forms -- Chapter 15: Interacting with Windows -- Working with Windows -- Accessing the Screen -- Finding a Location -- Searching History -- Working with Navigator -- Creating a Pop-Up -- Using Cookies -- Part V: Extending JavaScript Further -- Chapter 16: Working with XML in JavaScript -- Introducing XML -- Displaying XML Using XSLT -- Validating XML -- Loading XML with JavaScript -- Chapter 17: Cleaning Up the Web with AJAX -- Introducing AJAX -- Performing AJAX Tasks Using JavaScript -- Making AJAX Easier with jQuery -- Chapter 18: Making JavaScript Easier with jQuery -- Getting to Know the jQuery Library -- Loading jQuery from Google CDN -- Doing Things Easier with jQuery -- Handling Events with jQuery -- Chapter 19: Using jQuery to Handle AJAX -- Understanding the AJAX Object in jQuery -- Discovering Server-Side Programming -- Retrieving Results from AJAX Calls -- Chapter 20: Animating the Web -- Getting to Know jQuery UI -- Canvasing Your Web Page.

Part VI: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 21: Ten Incredible HTML5 and JavaScript Examples -- Creating an XML-Based Menu -- Creating an XML-Based Tabbed Interface -- Displaying a Slideshow -- Employing Custom Spinners -- Working with Timepickers -- Creating a Standardized Look with CSS -- Displaying a Category and Detail Data View -- Selecting Data Using a Calendar -- Developing a User-Configurable Interface -- Devising a Simple Survey Form -- Chapter 22: Ten Thoughts About the Future of Web Development -- Automating More Tasks -- Developing Applications That Run Anywhere -- Using Standards for Every Application -- Creating a Desktop Environment with a Browser -- Using a Centralized Data Store -- Creating Mobile-friendly Applications -- Developing Accessible Applications -- Building New Application Types -- Thinking More About Users -- Expecting Unexpected Connections -- Index.