An edition of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (1996)

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The Definitive Guide

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An edition of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (1996)

JavaScript

The Definitive Guide

3rd Edition, Covers JavaScript 1.2
  • 4.3 (12 ratings) ·
  • 201 Want to read
  • 14 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

JavaScript is a powerful, object-based scripting language; JavaScript programs can be embedded directly into HTML web pages. When combined with the Document Object Model (DOM) defined by a web browser, JavaScript allows you to create Dynamic HTML (DHTML) content and interactive client-side web applications. JavaScript syntax is based on the popular programming languages C, C++, and Java, which makes it familiar and easy to learn for experienced programmers. At the same time, JavaScript is an interpreted scripting language, providing a flexible, forgiving environment in which new programmers can learn.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide provides a thorough description of the core JavaScript language and both the legacy and standard DOMs implemented in web browsers. The book includes sophisticated examples that show you how to handle common tasks such as validating form data, working with cookies, and creating portable DHTML animations. The book also contains detailed reference sections that cover the core JavaScript API, the legacy client-side API, and the W3C standard DOM API, documenting every JavaScript object, method, property, constructor, constant, function, and event handler in those APIs.

This fourth edition of the bestselling JavaScript book has been carefully updated to cover JavaScript 1.5 (ECMAScript Version 3). The book also provides complete coverage of the W3C DOM standard (Level 1 and Level 2), while retaining material on the legacy Level 0 DOM for backward compatibility.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is a complete programmer's guide and reference manual for JavaScript. It is particularly useful for developers working with the latest standards-compliant web browsers, such as Internet Explorer 6, Netscape 6, and Mozilla. HTML authors can learn how to use JavaScript to build dynamic web pages. Experienced programmers can quickly find the information they need to start writing sophisticated JavaScript programs. This book is an indispensable reference for all JavaScript programmers, regardless of experience level.



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Printing History

August 1996
Beta Edition.
January 1997
Second Edition.
June 1998
Third Edition.
January 2002
Fourth Edition.
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Publisher
O’Reilly
Language
English
Pages
776

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2007, O’Reilly Verlag
electronic resource : in German - 3. Auflage
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
August 17, 2006, O’Reilly Media, Inc.
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
December 15, 2001, O’Reilly Media, Inc.
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
1998, O’Reilly
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
1997, O’Reilly
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
1997, O’Reilly & Associates
in English - 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated

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Table of Contents

Introduction to JavaScript
Lexical structure
Data types and values
Variables
Expressions and operators
Statements
Functions
Objects
Arrays
Pattern matching with regular expressions
Further topics in JavaScript
JavaScript in Web browsers
Windows and frames
The document object model
Events and event-handling
Forms and form elements
Dynamic HTML
Saving state with cookies
Compatibility techniques
LiveConnect : JavaScript and Java
JavaScript security.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Also issued online.

Published in
Beijing, Cambridge, Köln, Paris, Sebastopol, Taipei, Tokyo
Genre
Handbooks.
Copyright Date
1996, 1997, 1998

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
005.2/762
Library of Congress
QA76.73.J39 F53 1998, QA76.73.J39 F53 1998 E-BOOK

Contributors

Editor
Paula Fergison
Production Editor
Madeleine Newell

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 776 p. :
Number of pages
776

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24211285M
Internet Archive
javascriptdefini00flan
ISBN 10
1565923928
ISBN 13
9781565923928
LCCN
00502159
OCLC/WorldCat
39368294, 44960212

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