JavaScript The Complete Reference 3rd Edition

**The essential JavaScript resource―fully updated** Design, debug, and publish high-performance web pages and applications using tested techniques and best practices from expert developers. The all-new edition of this comprehensive guide has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest JavaScript features, tools, and programming methods. __ The Complete Reference, Third Edition__ provides illustrative examples, line-by-line code samples, and practical development advice―from the core of the language to the various standard and emerging APIs supported by modern web browsers. This in-depth resource covers everything you need to know, whether you’re trying to understand the fundamentals of weak typing in JavaScript, reduce your confusion over closures, or perform common tasks like form validation or Ajax calls. * Explore core JavaScript syntax and data types * Investigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closures * Use object-oriented programming the JavaScript way * See what changes come from ECMAScript 5 * Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methods * Handle user-generated events with modern event models * Modernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScript * Use the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applications * Control animation and multimedia content with JavaScript * Generate bitmap graphics with the Canvas API * Learn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser coding * Discover defensive development and error handling Annotation This fully updated definitive JavaScript guide covers the latest featuresincluding its uses in Ajax and HTML5-based Web applications The Complete Reference, Third Editionis completely revised to cover the newest changes to JavaScript up to version 1.9, the latest browser-specific features for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome, as well popular JavaScript frameworks like jQuery. All examples presented focus on the emergence of HTML5 and its various APIs including canvas, storage, and more. This comprehensive guide shows you how to build dynamic, cross-browser Web sites and applications using JavaScript. Youll learn not only the syntax of language, but its related object models, and combine this knowledge to develop practical applications. The Complete Reference, Third EditionCovers the newest versions of JavaScript, DOM, and Ajax (XMLHttpRequest) specificationsUpdated for latest browsers and specifications including HTML5Includes the newest features of JavaScriptAddresses modern JavaScript coding techniques popularized since the previous editionComprehensive coverage:Introduction to JavaScript; JavaScript Core Features; Data Types Operators, Expressions Functions; Objects; Array, Date, Math; Regular Expressions; JavaScript Object Models; The Standard DOM; Event Handling; CNT, Windows Handling Documents; Form Handling; DHTML and Beyond; Canvas; JavaScript UIs; Browser Detection; Cookies JS Ajax and Remote JS; JavaScript and XML; Browser Specific JS; JavaScript Security; JavaScript Practices "Geared to all levels and types of developers, this comprehensive guide reveals how to develop powerful Web pages with JavaScript 2.0 by covering Core Language, Client-Side JavaScript, embedded objects, and security; and how to increase productivity with improved and expanded event handling, object-oriented programming, and Internet Explorer-specific coverage"--Provided by publisher The new edition of this bestseller covers the latest features in JavaScript and details its uses in Ajax and HTML5-based Web applications.