Javascript For Dummies Quick Reference

Tucking a few JavaScript statements in among the HTML code that makes up your Web pages makes a dramatic difference. Enhanced, more interactive navigation buttons, user input validation, and scrolling messages are but a few of the improvements that you can make with JavaScript.

Now, with JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference, all the JavaScript statements and examples of how to use them are right at your fingertips. Internet technology expert Emily A. Vander Veer not only organizes all the relevant HTML and JavaScript topics for easy access but also points out potential pitfalls, offers neat tricks, and provides complete code for doing such things as interacting with cookies, displaying pop-up messages, and making your script compatible with JavaScript-challenged Web browsers.

Best of all, JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference features handy cross-references to topics covered in greater depth in JavaScript For Dummies.

Emily A. Vander Veer has written several Internet-related books, including IDG Books' JavaScript For Dummies and JavaBeans For Dummies. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications including Byte, CNET, Object Magazine, and WEBTechniques.
Emily resides in the hill country of Austin, Texas, where she lives with her husband, Clay (a jazz guitarist nonpareil), and her two-pound pooches, Lochlan and Ceilidh. When she's not hard at work at her keyboard, Emily enjoys traveling, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Introduction: How to Use This Book.

Relating JavaScript to the World Wide Web.

The Internet.

The World Wide Web.

JavaScript the Magnificent.

Finding Exactly What You're Looking for in This Book.

Understanding the Conventions Used in This Book.

Figuring Out What the Icons Mean.

Where to Go from Here.

Part I: First Things First: Creating HTML Objects to Work within JavaScript.

Part II: JavaScript Basics.

Part III: HTML Objects: The Heart of It All.

Part IV: Data Types: Building Basic JavaScript Objects.

Part V: Functions.

Part VI: Methods: How an Object Behaves.

Part VII: Properties (Object Data).

Part VIII: Event Handlers.

Part IX: Cool Things You Can Do with JavaScript.

Appendix A: Reserved Words.

Appendix B: Color Values.

Glossary: Techie Talk.

Index.

Reader Response Card.