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JavaScript is the brains of your Web page--it enables you to modify a document's structure, styling, and content in response to user actions without requesting new pages from the server. Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax teaches you how to master this powerful and elegant language so you can develop intuitive user interactions that take the user experience to new levels of sophistication and responsiveness. Today's application-like Web experiences (such as Salesforce.com and Google Maps) and Web 2.0 sites (such as Flickr.com and Twitter) are powered by JavaScript and Ajax. Using the techniques shown in this book, you will be able to start creating similar experiences in the sites you design. Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax will teach you how to: Start developing with JavaScript fast! Write lightweight but powerful object-oriented code Modify the Document Object Model "Progressively enhance" your pages with JavaScript to provide the highest levels of accessibility to all users. Learn sophisticated techniques for making your pages respond to user actions. Use the downloadable Scriptin' library of helper functions to speed development and ensure cross-browser compatibility. Use Ajax scripting techniques to update specific areas of the page with data from the server. Create powerful interface interactions, such as sliding panels and tree menus. Evaluate frameworks such as jQuery and Prototype to find the best one for your needs. Build an online application that looks and responds like a regular desktop application. Easily adapt the Scriptin' code examples for use in your own projects--download them at www.scriptinwithajax.com
List of contents
Chapter 1 JavaScript comes of age
Chapter 2 JavaScript Basics
Chapter 3 Objects and the DOM
Chapter 4 Events
Chapter 5 Real World JavaScript
Chapter 6 AJAX
Chapter 7 Frameworks
Appendix A
Appendix B
About the author
Charles Wyke-Smith schafft Websites seit 1994 . Über seine Consulting-Firma BBd bietet er seine Dienste in den Bereichen Webdesign und User Experience für genossenschaftliche, nichtkommerzielle und E-Commerce-Firmen an. Als anerkannter Redner und Trainer hat Charles Wyke-Smith ebenfalls Multimedia und Interface-Design gelehrt und auf vielen Konferenzen der Branche Vorträge gehalten.
Summary
This hands-on guide shows Web designers how to create modern, interactive Web experiences. Packed with tips and advice on best practices and potential pitfalls, this title provides foundational core knowledge of the JavaScript language and how (X)HTML, CSS and JavaScript work together in a Web page.
