Beginning JavaScript, 4th Edition -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Whom This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaScript and the Web -- Introduction to JavaScript -- Where Do My Scripts Go? -- Your First Simple JavaScript Programs -- A Brief Look at Browsers and Compatibility Problems -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Data Types and Variables -- Types of Data in JavaScript -- Variables - Storing Data in Memory -- Using Data - Calculations and Basic String Manipulation -- Data Type Conversion -- Arrays -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 3: Decisions, Loops, and Functions -- Decision Making - The if and switch Statements -- Looping - The for and while Statements -- Functions -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 4: Common Mistakes, Debugging, and Error Handling -- D'oh! I Can't Believe I Just Did That: Some Common Mistakes -- Error Handling -- Debugging -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 5: JavaScript - An Object-Based Language -- Object-Based Programming -- JavaScript's Native Object Types -- Creating New Types of Objects (Reference Types) -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 6: Programming the Browser -- Introduction to the Browser's Objects -- Responding to the User's Actions with Events -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 7: HTML Forms: Interacting with the User -- HTML Forms -- Other Form Object Properties and Methods -- HTML Elements in Forms -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 8: Windows and Frames -- Frames and the window Object -- Opening New Windows -- Security -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 9: String Manipulation -- Additional String Methods -- Regular Expressions.

The String Object - split(), replace(), search(), and match() Methods -- Using the RegExp Object's Constructor -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 10: Date, Time, and Timers -- World Time -- Timers in a Web Page -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 11: Storing Information: Cookies -- Baking Your First Cookie -- Creating a Cookie -- Getting a Cookie's Value -- Cookie Limitations -- Cookie Security and IE6+ -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 12: Dynamic HTML and the W3C Document Object Model -- The Web Standards -- The Document Object Model -- Manipulating the DOM -- DOM and Events -- Writing Cross-Browser DHTML -- JavaScript and XML -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 13: Using ActiveX and Plug-Ins with JavaScript -- Checking for and Embedding Plug-ins (Non-IE Browsers) -- Checking for and Embedding ActiveX Controls on Internet Explorer -- Using Plug-ins and ActiveX Controls -- Summary -- Exercise Question -- Chapter 14: Ajax -- What Is Ajax? -- Using the XMLHttpRequest Object -- Creating a Simple Ajax Module -- Validating Form Fields with Ajax -- Things to Watch Out For -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Chapter 15: JavaScript Frameworks -- Picking a Framework to Work With -- Getting Started -- Digging Deeper Into jQuery -- Diving into Prototype -- Delving into MooTools -- Summary -- Exercise Questions -- Appendix A: Answers to Exercises -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Appendix B: JavaScript Core Reference -- Browser Reference -- Reserved Words -- JavaScript Operators -- JavaScript Statements -- Top-Level Properties and Functions -- JavaScript and Jscript Core Objects -- Appendix C: W3C DOM Reference -- DOM Core Objects -- HTML DOM Objects.

DOM Event Model and Objects -- Miscellaneous Events -- Appendix D: Latin-1 Character Set -- Index.