JavaScript The Complete Reference 3rd Edition

This fully updated definitive JavaScript guide covers the latest features—including its uses in Ajax and HTML5-based Web applicationsJavaScript: The Complete Reference, Third Edition is 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. You’ll learn not only the syntax of language, but its related object models, and combine this knowledge to develop practical applications.JavaScript: 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 & Variables, Operators, Expressions & Statements, Functions, Objects, Array, Date, Math, Regular Expressions, JavaScript Object Models, The Standard DOM, Event Handling, CNT, Windows & Frames, Handling Documents, Form Handling, DHTML and Beyond, Canvas, JavaScript UIs, Browser Detection, Cookies & Persistence, JS & Embedded Objects, Ajax and Remote JS, JavaScript and XML, Browser Specific JS, JavaScript Security, JavaScript Practices

Zusammenfassung
The essential JavaScript resource-fully updatedDesign, 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.JavaScript: 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 typesInvestigate often confusing concepts such as weak typing and closuresUse object-oriented programming the JavaScript waySee what changes come from ECMAScript 5Perform dynamic content updates using DOM methodsHandle user-generated events with modern event modelsModernize form handling with HTML5 and JavaScriptUse the XMLHttpRequest object to create Ajax applicationsControl animation and multimedia content with JavaScriptGenerate bitmap graphics with the Canvas APILearn methods to handle the challenges of cross-browser codingDiscover defensive development and error handling