HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies 1st Edition by John Paul Mueller ISBN 9781118431665 1118431669

Web designers and programmers, add JavaScript to your HTML5 development toolkit without fearModern websites are complex, and some of the most exciting features – things like geolocation, canvas, portability to mobile and more – require JavaScript to leverage what HTML5 can create. Don’t know JavaScript? That’s where HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummiescomes in. Rather than walking you through JavaScript as a programming language, it approaches JavaScript as a tool to help you enhance web pages. Helps web designers and programmers tap the full power of HTML5 by leveraging JavaScript, even if they have no prior knowledge of JavaScript Enables readers to produce modern websites with today’s technology essentials: portability to mobile devices, animation, the use of Libraries, the Canvas component, and moreEmphasizes practical uses and offers many short examples for illustrationDiscover basic to complex ways to use JavaScript programming syntax to harness the full power of HTML5 and CSS3. John Paul Mueller has written both certification and programming books covering C#, Java, Windows programming, and VBA. He is also a skilled technical editor and has contributed articles to periodicals including Visual Basic Developerand SQL Server Professional. You can reach him at [email protected].

Introduction

• About This Book

• What You Don’t Have to Read

• Foolish Assumptions

• Conventions Used in This Book

• How This Book Is Organized

  • Part I: Understanding the Basics of JavaScript

  • Part II: Speaking the JavaScript Language

  • Part III: Meeting JavaScript’s Control Structures

  • Part IV: Interacting with Users and HTML

  • Part V: Extending JavaScript Further

  • Part VI: The Part of Tens

• The Companion Website

• Icons Used in This Book

• Where to Go from Here

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Part I: Understanding the Basics of JavaScript

• Chapter 1: HTML, Say Hello to JavaScript

• Chapter 2: Assessing Tools of the Trade

• Chapter 3: Integrating HTML5 and JavaScript

Part II: Speaking the JavaScript Language

• Chapter 4: Embracing JavaScript Variables

• Chapter 5: Working with Objects

• Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Standard JavaScript Objects

Part III: Meeting JavaScript’s Control Structures

• Chapter 7: Using Functions

• Chapter 8: Making Choices in JavaScript

• Chapter 9: Making the Rounds with Loops

• Chapter 10: Performing Error Handling

Part IV: Interacting with Users and HTML

• Chapter 11: Understanding the Document Object Model

• Chapter 12: Handling Events

• Chapter 13: Connecting with Style: JavaScript and CSS

• Chapter 14: Enhancing HTML5 Forms with JavaScript

• Chapter 15: Interacting with Windows

Part V: Extending JavaScript Further

• Chapter 16: Working with XML in JavaScript

• Chapter 17: Cleaning Up the Web with AJAX

• Chapter 18: Making JavaScript Easier with jQuery

• Chapter 19: Using jQuery to Handle AJAX

• Chapter 20: Animating the Web

Part VI: The Part of Tens

• Chapter 21: Ten Incredible HTML5 and JavaScript Examples

• Chapter 22: Ten Thoughts About the Future of Web Development

Index