JavaScript: Visual QuickStart Guide, 8th Edition

This task-based, visual-reference guide has been fully revised and uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate scripters what they need to know to keep their skills up-to-date. Readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. In this updated eighth edition, readers will find new information on using frameworks and libraries--such as jQuery--and modern coding techniques. Getting acquainted with JavaScript Start me up! Your first Web app Working with images Windows and frames Form handling Forms and regular expressions Handling events JavaScript and cookies Objects and the DOM Making your pages dynamic Applied JavaScript Introducing Ajax Toolkits, frameworks, and libraries Building on jQuery Bookmarklets Appendix A. JavaScript genealogy and reference Appendix B. JavaScript reserved words Appendix C. Cascading style sheets reference. An introduction to JavaScript covers such topics as working with images, form handling, Regular Expressions, DOM, Ajax, jQuery, and bookmarklets.