Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning JavaScript for Web development. Even with no programming experience, you can teach yourself the essentials of working with the JavaScript programming language—one step at a time. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you’re building skills for your career or just want to customize your personal Web site, you’ll learn the core capabilities and fundamental techniques for working with JavaScript—and begin creating professional-looking Web sites. Includes a companion CD with practice exercises, code samples, data sets, and a fully searchable eBook.
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JavaWhat? The Where, Why, and How of JavaScript
Chapter 1 JavaScript Is More Than You Might Think
A Brief History of JavaScript
What's in a JavaScript Program?
Placing JavaScript on Your Web Page
What JavaScript Can Do
What JavaScript Can't Do
Tips for Using JavaScript
Exercises
Chapter 2 Developing in JavaScript
JavaScript Development Options
Configuring Your Environment
Writing in JavaScript with Visual Studio 2005
Writing JavaScript with Eclipse
Writing JavaScript Without an IDE
Debugging JavaScript
Exercises
Chapter 3 JavaScript Syntax and Statements
A Bit of Housekeeping
JavaScript Statements
Reserved Words in JavaScript
A Quick Look at Functions
Exercises
Chapter 4 Working with Variables and Data
Data Types in JavaScript
Defining and Using Variables
Type Conversions
Exercises
Chapter 5 Using Operators and Expressions
Meet the Operators
Additive Operators
Multiplicative Operators
Bitwise Operators
Equality Operators
Relational Operators
Unary Operators
Assignment Operators
Exercises
Applying JavaScript
Chapter 6 Controlling Flow with Conditionals and Loops
Steve Suehring is a technology architect who’s written about programming, security, network and system administration, operating systems, and other topics for several industry publications. He speaks at conferences and user groups and has served as an editor for a popular technology magazine.
Comments about Microsoft Press JavaScript Step by Step:
This book is a perfect learning source for beginners wanting to learn Java Script basics. It includes a short history of this widely used and popular language and then quickly goes into explaining what it can and cannot do.
The author Steve Suehring, instructs clear, fairly easy to understand step by step that include plenty of visuals on how to configure your computer and then using Visual Studio, Eclipse and text editors in order to create a Java Script application.
A companion CD includes all the exercises that are given at the end of each chapter. Each chapter that follows, progresses deeper into working with all the Java Script elements and finally incorporating design using CSS, HTML and adding interactivity using XML and Ajax.
I find this book a perfect addition to my library.
