Practical JavaScript for the usable web /
Paul Wilton, Stephen Williams and Sing Li.
- Birmingham, UK : Glasshaus, c2002
- v, 391 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript -- Chapter 2: Data and Decisions -- Chapter 3. Functions and Code Design -- Chapter 4. Interacting with the Web Browser -- Chapter 5. Windows and Frames -- Chapter 6. DHTML for IE4 and NN4. -- Chapter 7. The DOM: DHTML for the Latest Browsers -- Chapter 8. Advanced Form Techniques -- Chapter 9. Passing Information between Web Pages and Data Storage -- Chapter 10. Data Validation Techniques -- Index.
This is a new kind of JavaScript book. It's not cut'n'paste, it's not a reference, and it's not an exhaustive investigation of the JavaScript language. It is about client-side, web focused, and task-oriented JavaScript. JavaScript is a core skill for web professionals, and as every web professional knows, client-side JavaScript can produce all sorts of glitches and bugs. 'Practical JavaScript for the Usable Web' takes a two pronged approach to learning the JavaScript that you need to get your work done: teaching the core client-side JavaScript that you need to incorporate usable interactivity into your web applications, including many short functional scripts, and building up a complete application with shopping cart functionality.