Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with JavaScript
What JavaScript Is
JavaScript Isn't Java
Where JavaScript Came From
What JavaScript Can Do
What JavaScript Can't Do
What Is Ajax?
The Snap-Together Language
Handling Events
Values and Variables
Writing JavaScript-Friendly HTML
What Tools to Use?
Chapter 2: Start Me Up!
Where to Put Your Scripts
About Functions
Using External Scripts
Putting Comments in Scripts
Alerting the User
Confirming a User's Choice
Prompting the User
Redirecting the User with a Link
Using JavaScript to Enhance Links
Using Multi-level Conditionals
Handling Errors
Chapter 3: Your First Web App
Around and Around with Loops
Passing a Value to a Function
Detecting Objects
Working with Arrays
Working with Functions That Return Values
Updating Arrays
Using Do/While Loops
Calling Scripts Multiple Ways
Combining JavaScript and CSS
Checking State
Working with String Arrays
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Chapter 4: Working with Images
Creating Rollovers
Creating More Effective Rollovers
Building Three-State Rollovers
Triggering Rollovers from a Link
Making Multiple Links Change a Single Rollover
Working with Multiple Rollovers
Creating Cycling Banners
Adding Links to Cycling Banners
Building Wraparound Slideshows
Displaying a Random Image
Cycling Images with a Random Start
Chapter 5: Frames, Frames, and More Frames
Keeping a Page out of a Frame
Forcing a Page into a Frame
Forcing a Site into a Frame
Setting a Target
Creating and Loading a Dynamic Frame
Sharing Functions between Frames
Loading Multiple Frames at Once
Working with Iframes
Loading Iframes with JavaScript
Chapter 6: Working with Windows
Opening a New Window
Loading Different Contents into a Window
Opening Multiple Windows
Updating One Window from Another
Closing a Window
Putting Windows in Their Place
Chapter 7: Form Handling
Select-and-Go Navigation
Changing Menus Dynamically
Making Fields Required
Checking Fields against Each Other
Identifying Problem Fields
Putting Form Validation into Action
Working with Radio Buttons
Setting One Field with Another
Validating Zip Codes
Validating Email Addresses
Chapter 8: Forms and Regular Expressions
Validating an Email Address with Regular Expressions
Validating a File Name
Extracting Strings
Formatting Strings
Formatting and Sorting Strings
Formatting and Validating Strings
Replacing Elements using Regular Expressions
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Chapter 9: Handling Events
Handling Window Events
Mouse Event Handling
Form Event Handling
Key Event Handling
Chapter 10: JavaScript and Cookies
Baking Your First Cookie
Reading a Cookie
Showing Your Cookies
Using Cookies as Counters
Deleting Cookies
Handling Multiple Cookies
Displaying ``New to You'' Messages
Chapter 11: Objects and the DOM
About Node Manipulation
Adding Nodes
Deleting Nodes
Deleting Specific Nodes
Inserting Nodes
Replacing Nodes
Writing Code with Object Literals
Chapter 12: Making Your Pages Dynamic
Putting the Current Date into a Web Page
Working with Days
Customizing a Message for the Time of Day
Displaying Dates by Time Zone
Converting 24-Hour to 12-Hour Time
Creating a Countdown
Hiding and Displaying Layers
Moving an Object in the Document
Date Methods
Chapter 13: Introducing Ajax
Ajax: Pinning It Down
Reading Server Data
Parsing Server Data
Refreshing Server Data
Getting Data From a Server
Previewing Links with Ajax
Auto-Completing Form Fields
Chapter 14: Ajax Toolkits
Dragging and Dropping Page Elements
Adding a Calendar to Your Page
Adding a 2-up Calendar to Your Page
Using the Container Utility
Adding Animation Effects
Implementing the Logger Control for Debugging
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Chapter 15: Applied JavaScript
Using Sliding Menus
Adding Pull-Down Menus
Enhancing Pull-down Menus
A Slideshow with Captions
A Silly Name Generator
A Bar Graph Generator
Style Sheet Switcher
Chapter 16: Designing With Ajax
Highlighting New Elements
Creating Accordion Menus
Creating Smarter Dialogs
Striping Tables
Sorting Tables
Chapter 17: Bookmarklets
Your First Bookmarklet
Resetting a Web Page's Background
Changing a Page's Styles
Word Lookups
Viewing Images
Displaying ISO Latin Characters
Converting RGB Values to Hex
Converting Values
A Bookmarklet Calculator
Shortening URLs
Validating Pages
Mailing Pages
Resizing Pages
Appendix A JavaScript Genealogy and Reference
JavaScript Versions
ECMAScript
Object Flowchart
The Big Object Table
Appendix B JavaScript Reserved Words
Appendix C Cascading Style Sheets Reference
Appendix D Where to Learn More
Finding Help Online
Books
Index
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