Beginning JavaScript® -- CREDITS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO JAVASCRIPT AND THE WEB -- Introduction to JavaScript -- What Is JavaScript? -- JavaScript and the Web -- What Can JavaScript Do for Me? -- Tools Needed to Create JavaScript Web Applications -- Development Tools -- Web Browsers -- Where Do My Scripts Go? -- Linking to an External JavaScript File -- Advantages of Using an External File -- Your First Simple JavaScript Program -- Writing More JavaScript -- A Brief Look at Browsers and Compatibility Problems -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2: DATA TYPES AND VARIABLES -- Types of Data in JavaScript -- Numerical Data -- Text Data -- Boolean Data -- Variables-Storing Data in Memory -- Creating Variables and Giving Them Values -- Assigning Variables with the Value of Other Variables -- Using Data-Calculations and Basic String Manipulation -- Numerical Calculations -- Increment and Decrement Operators -- Operator Precedence -- Basic String Operations -- Mixing Numbers and Strings -- Data Type Conversion -- Dealing with Strings That Won't Convert -- Arrays -- A Multi-Dimensional Array -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3: DECISIONS AND LOOPS -- Decision Making-The if and switch Statements -- Comparison Operators -- Precedence -- Assignment versus Comparison -- Assigning the Results of Comparisons -- The if Statement -- Logical Operators -- AND -- OR -- NOT -- Multiple Conditions Inside an if Statement -- else and else if -- Comparing Strings -- The switch Statement -- Executing the Same Code for Different Cases -- Looping-The for and while Statements -- The for Loop -- The for…in Loop -- The while Loop -- The do…while loop -- The break and continue Statements -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4: FUNCTIONS AND SCOPE -- Creating Your Own Functions -- Scope and Lifetime -- Global Scope -- Functional Scope.

Identifier Lookup -- Functions as Values -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5: JAVASCRIPT-AN OBJECT-BASED LANGUAGE -- Object-Based Programming -- What Are Objects? -- Objects in JavaScript -- Using JavaScript Objects -- Creating an Object -- Using an Object's Properties -- Calling an Object's Methods -- Primitives and Objects -- JavaScript's Native Object Types -- String Objects -- The length Property -- Finding a String Inside Another String-The indexOf() and lastIndexOf() Methods -- Copying Part of a String-The substr() and substring() Methods -- Converting Case-The toLowerCase() and toUpperCase() Methods -- Selecting a Single Character from a String-The charAt() and charCodeAt() Methods -- Converting Character Codes to a String-The fromCharCode() Method -- Removing Leading and Trailing Whitespace-The trim() Method -- Array Objects -- Finding Out How Many Elements Are in an Array-The length Property -- Adding Elements-The push() Method -- Joining Arrays-The concat() Method -- Copying Part of an Array-The slice() Method -- Converting an Array into a Single String-The join() Method -- Putting Your Array in Order-The sort() Method -- Putting Your Array into Reverse Order-The reverse() Method -- Finding Array Elements-The indexOf() and lastIndexOf() Methods -- Iterating through an Array without Loops -- The Math Object -- The abs() Method -- Finding the Largest and Smallest Numbers-The min() and max() Methods -- Rounding Numbers -- The random() Method -- The pow() Method -- Number Objects -- The toFixed() Method -- Date Objects -- Creating a Date Object -- Getting Date Values -- Setting Date Values -- Calculations and Dates -- Getting Time Values -- Setting Time Values -- Creating Your Own Custom Objects -- Creating New Types of Objects (Reference Types) -- Defining a Reference Type -- Creating and Using Reference Type Instances -- Summary.

CHAPTER 6: STRING MANIPULATION -- Additional String Methods -- The split() Method -- The replace() Method -- The search() Method -- The match() Method -- Regular Expressions -- Simple Regular Expressions -- Regular Expressions: Special Characters -- Text, Numbers, and Punctuation -- Repetition Characters -- Position Characters -- Covering All Eventualities -- Grouping Regular Expressions -- Reusing Groups of Characters -- The String Object -- The split() Method -- The replace() Method -- The search() Method -- The match() Method -- Using the RegExp Object's Constructor -- Telephone Number Validation -- Validating a Postal Code -- Validating an E-mail Address -- Validating a Domain Name -- Validating a Person's Address -- Validating the Complete Address -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7: DATE, TIME, AND TIMERS -- World Time -- Setting and Getting a Date Object's UTC Date and Time -- Timers in a Web Page -- One-Shot Timer -- Setting a Timer that Fires at Regular Intervals -- Summary -- CHAPTER 8: PROGRAMMING THE BROWSER -- Introduction to the Browser's Objects -- The window Object -- The history Object -- The location Object -- The navigator Object -- The geolocation Object -- The screen Object -- The document Object -- Using the document Object -- The images Collection -- The links Collection -- Determining the User's Browser -- Feature Detection -- Browser Sniffing -- Summary -- CHAPTER 9: DOM SCRIPTING -- The Web Standards -- HTML -- ECMAScript -- The Document Object Model -- The DOM Standard -- Level 0 -- Level 1 -- Level 2 -- Level 3 -- Level 4 -- Browser Compliance with the Standards -- Differences between the DOM and the BOM -- Representing the HTML Document as a Tree Structure -- What Is a Tree Structure? -- An Example HTML Page -- The Core DOM Objects -- Base DOM Objects -- High-Level DOM Objects -- DOM Objects and Their Properties and Methods.

The Document Object and its Methods -- The Element Object -- The Node Object -- Manipulating the DOM -- Accessing Elements -- Changing Appearances -- Using the style Property -- Changing the class Attribute -- Positioning and Moving Content -- Example: Animated Advertisement -- Are We There Yet? -- Performing the Animation -- Summary -- CHAPTER 10: EVENTS -- Types of Events -- Connecting Code to Events -- Handling Events via HTML Attributes -- Handling Events via Object Properties -- The Standard Event Model -- Connecting Code to Events-The Standard Way -- Using Event Data -- Event Handling in Old Versions of Internet Explorer -- Accessing the event Object -- Using Event Data -- Writing Cross-Browser Code -- Native Drag and Drop -- Making Content Draggable -- Creating a Drop Target -- Transferring Data -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11: HTML FORMS: INTERACTING WITH THE USER -- HTML Forms -- Traditional Form Object Properties and Methods -- HTML Elements in Forms -- Common Properties and Methods -- The name Property -- The value Property -- The form Property -- The type Property -- The focus() and blur() Methods -- Button Elements -- Text Elements -- The Text Box -- Problems with Firefox and the blur Event -- The Password Text Box -- The Hidden Text Box -- The textarea Element -- Check Boxes and Radio Buttons -- Selection Boxes -- Adding and Removing Options -- Adding New Options with Standard Methods -- Select Element Events -- HTML5 Form Object Properties and Methods -- New Input Types -- New Elements -- The Element -- The and Elements -- Summary -- CHAPTER 12: JSON -- XML -- JSON -- Simple Values -- Objects -- Arrays -- Serializing Into JSON -- Parsing JSON -- Summary -- CHAPTER 13: DATA STORAGE -- Baking Your First Cookie -- A Fresh-Baked Cookie -- Viewing Cookies in Internet Explorer -- Viewing Cookies in Firefox.

Viewing Cookies in Chrome -- The Cookie String -- name and value -- expires -- path -- domain -- secure -- Creating a Cookie -- Getting a Cookie's Value -- Cookie Limitations -- A User May Disable Cookies -- Number and Information Limitation -- Cookie Security and IE -- Web Storage -- Setting Data -- Getting Data -- Removing Data -- Storing Data as Strings -- Viewing Web Storage Content -- Summary -- CHAPTER 14: AJAX -- What Is Ajax? -- What Can It Do? -- Google Maps -- Google Suggest -- Browser Support -- Using the XMLHttpRequest Object -- Creating an XMLHttpRequest Object -- Using the XMLHttpRequest Object -- Asynchronous Requests -- Creating a Simple Ajax Module -- Planning the HttpRequest Module -- The HttpRequest Constructor -- Creating the send() Method -- The Full Code -- Validating Form Fields with Ajax -- Requesting Information -- The Received Data -- Before You Begin -- A Web Server -- PHP -- Things to Watch Out For -- Security Issues -- The Same-Origin Policy -- CORS -- Usability Concerns -- The Browser's Back Button -- Creating a Back/Forward-Capable Form with an IFrame -- The Server Response -- Dealing with Delays -- Degrade Gracefully When Ajax Fails -- Summary -- CHAPTER 15: HTML5 MEDIA -- A Primer -- Scripting Media -- Methods -- Properties -- Events -- Summary -- CHAPTER 16: JQUERY -- Getting jQuery -- jQuery's API -- Selecting Elements -- Changing Style -- Adding and Removing CSS Classes -- Toggling Classes -- Checking if a Class Exists -- Creating, Appending, and Removing Elements -- Creating Elements -- Appending Elements -- Removing Elements -- Handling Events -- The jQuery Event Object -- Rewriting the Tab Strip with jQuery -- Using jQuery for Ajax -- Understanding the jQuery Function -- Automatically Parsing JSON Data -- The jqXHR Object -- Summary -- CHAPTER 17: OTHER JAVASCRIPT LIBRARIES -- Digging into Modernizr.

Getting Modernizr.