Pro JavaScript Techniques

This book addresses today's newly-resurgent JavaScript in detail: modern browser support, including Internet Explorer 7; Object-Oriented JavaScript; testing and debugging; unobtrusive JavaScript techniques using DOM Scripting; Ajax; creating and using reusable code (with free examples), and the future of JavaScript.

JavaScript usage on the Web has changed in recent times, due to increased JavaScript support in web browsers, and new techniques coming into popular use. From the scripting toy that it once was, JavaScript has matured to the point that it is regarded as a proper programming language. This book addresses today's approach to JavaScript in detail: modern browser support, including information on Internet Explorer 7; Object-Oriented JavaScript; testing and debugging; unobtrusive JavaScript techniques using DOM Scripting; Ajax; creating and using blocks of reusable code, and the future of JavaScript. All the concepts expressed in this up-to-the-minute reference are thoroughly backed up with real world examples and full-scale case studies. The book offers reusable functions for readers to use in their own projects, a significant time-saver. Also included are several reference sections that allow developers to look up details quickly and easily.

JavaScript is hot again, with increased browser support, and new techniques Totally up-to-date - covers all modern JavaScript techniques, and support in modern browsers Includes several reusable functions that the reader can use in their own projects, saving them countless hours of development time

Autorentext
John Resig is a programmer and entrepreneur who's been developing web applications for over eight years. Having primarily focused on back-end development for most of that time using Perl and MySQL, John changed his focus toward implementing usable web front ends. He holds a degree in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, and has published several papers on data mining instant messaging networks. When he's not programming, he enjoys watching movies, writing in his blog, www.ejohn.org, and spending time with his girlfriend.

Klappentext

This book addresses today's approach to JavaScript in detail: modern browser support, including information on Internet Explorer 7; Object-Oriented JavaScript; testing and debugging; unobtrusive JavaScript techniques using DOM Scripting; Ajax; creating and using blocks of reusable code, and the future of JavaScript. All the concepts expressed in this up-to-the-minute reference are thoroughly backed up with real world examples and full-scale case studies. The book offers reusable functions for readers to use in their own projects, a significant time-saver. Also included are several reference sections that allow developers to look up details quickly and easily.

Inhalt
Introducing Modern JavaScript.- Modern JavaScript Programming.- Professional JavaScript Development.- Object-Oriented JavaScript.- Creating Reusable Code.- Tools for Debugging and Testing.- Unobtrusive JavaScript.- The Document Object Model.- Events.- JavaScript and CSS.- Improving Forms.- Building an Image Gallery.- Ajax.- to Ajax.- Enhancing Blogs with Ajax.- Autocomplete Search.- An Ajax Wiki.- The Future of JavaScript.- Where Is JavaScript Going?.