| As web browsers have become more capable and standards compliant, JavaScript has grown in prominence. JavaScript lets designers add sparkle and life to web pages, while more complex JavaScript has led to the rise of Ajax -- the latest rage in web development that allows developers to create powerful and more responsive applications in the browser window.
Learning JavaScript introduces this powerful scripting language to web designers and developers in easy-to-understand terms. Using the latest examples from modern browser development practices, this book teaches you how to integrate the language with the browser environment, and how to practice proper coding techniques for standards-compliant web sites. By the end of the book, you'll be able to use all of the JavaScript language and many of the object models provided by web browsers, and you'll even be able to create a basic Ajax application.
JavaScript is one of the most widely used programming languages; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Its growth has exploded in the last few years, and most web sites use it in some form. Its component-based capabilities simplify the creation of increasingly complicated librariesmost providing effects in web pages that previously required the installation of an external application. It can also be tightly integrated with server-side applications that are created with a variety of languages and interface with any number of databases. Yet for all of this, JavaScript is often considered lightweight and unsophisticatednot like a "real" programming language. |
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The ability to understand and use mechanical devices is critical for a job in many fields.Whether you decide to enter the military, apply for a government job, or take a job in private industry, you’ll have to take an entrance test that determines your skills and abilities. The military requires that all candidates take the ASVAB (Armed... | | Microsoft ASP.NET Setup and Configuration Pocket ReferenceThis hands-on, one-stop guide delivers the focused, streamlined direction you need to get your Web solutions up and running quickly. Zero in on key ASP.NET configuration details and techniques using quick-reference tables, lists, coding and more.
This pocket-sized reference is the Web application developer’s fast-answers guide to... | | Philip's Atlas of the UniverseThere are many atlases showing features on the surface of the earth, but this book is the only one (in late 1998, at least) to cover the whole universe. Patrick Moore, who has hosted BBC Radio's popular The Sky at Night program for more than 40 years, gives straightforward, though not simplistic, explanations of astronomical objects of... |
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