Coding with JavaScript For Dummies

Go from beginner to builder quickly with this hands-on JavaScript guide Coding with JavaScript For Dummies provides easy, hands-on instruction for anyone looking to learn this popular client-side language. No experience? No problem! This friendly guide starts from the very beginning and walks you through the basics, then shows you how to apply what you've learned to real projects. You'll start building right away, including web page elements and simple applications, so you can immediately see how JavaScript is used in the real world. Online exercises allow you to test your code and expand your skills, and the easy-to-follow instruction provides step-by-step guidance toward understanding the JavaScript syntax, applications, and language. JavaScript enhances static web pages by providing dynamic elements that can adapt and react to user action. It's a need-to-know tool for aspiring web designers, but anyone can benefit from understanding this core development language. Coding with JavaScript For Dummies takes you from beginner to builder quickly as you: Learn what JavaScript does, how it works, and where to use it Master the core elements of JavaScript and immediately put it to work Build interactive web elements and try out your code online Create basic applications as you apply JavaScript to the app development workflow Anytime a website responds to your movement around the screen, that's JavaScript. It makes websites more functional, more beautiful, and more engaging, and your site visitors will demand nothing less. If you want to build a better website, you need JavaScript. If you need JavaScript, Coding with JavaScript For Dummies gets you started off quickly and painlessly, with plenty of hands-on practice.

Go from beginner to builder quickly with this hands-on JavaScript guideCoding with JavaScript For Dummies provides easy, hands-on instruction for anyone looking to learn this popular client-side language. No experience? No problem! This friendly guide starts from the very beginning and walks you through the basics, then shows you how to apply what you've learned to real projects. You'll start building right away, including web page elements and simple applications, so you can immediately see how JavaScript is used in the real world. Online exercises allow you to test your code and expand your skills, and the easy-to-follow instruction provides step-by-step guidance toward understanding the JavaScript syntax, applications, and language.JavaScript enhances static web pages by providing dynamic elements that can adapt and react to user action. It's a need-to-know tool for aspiring web designers, but anyone can benefit from understanding this core development language. Coding with JavaScript For Dummies takes you from beginner to builder quickly as you:* Learn what JavaScript does, how it works, and where to use it* Master the core elements of JavaScript and immediately put it to work* Build interactive web elements and try out your code online* Create basic applications as you apply JavaScript to the app development workflowAnytime a website responds to your movement around the screen, that's JavaScript. It makes websites more functional, more beautiful, and more engaging, and your site visitors will demand nothing less. If you want to build a better website, you need JavaScript. If you need JavaScript, Coding with JavaScript For Dummies gets you started off quickly and painlessly, with plenty of hands-on practice.

Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with JavaScript 5Chapter 1: The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language 7Chapter 2: Writing Your First JavaScript Program 19Chapter 3: Working with Variables 39Chapter 4: Understanding Arrays 55Chapter 5: Working with Operators, Expressions, and Statements 67Chapter 6: Getting into the Flow with Loops and Branches 81Part II: Organizing Your JavaScript 95Chapter 7: Getting Functional 97Chapter 8: Making and Using Objects 117Part III: JavaScript on the Web 131Chapter 9: Controlling the Browser with the Window Object 133Chapter 10: Manipulating Documents with the DOM 147Chapter 11: Using Events in JavaScript 169Chapter 12: Integrating Input and Output 181Chapter 13: Working with CSS and Graphics 195Part IV: Beyond the Basics 211Chapter 14: Searching with Regular Expressions 213Chapter 15: Understanding Callbacks and Closures 225Chapter 16: Embracing AJAX and JSON 237Part V: JavaScript and HTML5 253Chapter 17: HTML5 APIs 255Chapter 18: jQuery 271Part VI: The Part of Tens 289Chapter 19: Ten JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries to Learn Next 291Chapter 20: Ten Common JavaScript Bugs and How to Avoid Them 303Chapter 21: Ten Online Tools to Help You Write Better JavaScript 313Index 325