JavaScript and JQuery
Interactive Front-End Web Development
1. Edition July 2014
640 Pages, Softcover
Practical Approach Book
Learn JavaScript and jQuery a nicer way
This full-color book adopts a visual approach to teaching JavaScript & jQuery, showing you how to make web pages more interactive and interfaces more intuitive through the use of inspiring code examples, infographics, and photography. The content assumes no previous programming experience, other than knowing how to create a basic web page in HTML & CSS. You'll learn how to achieve techniques seen on many popular websites (such as adding animation, tabbed panels, content sliders, form validation, interactive galleries, and sorting data)..
* Introduces core programming concepts in JavaScript and jQuery
* Uses clear descriptions, inspiring examples, and easy-to-follow diagrams
* Teaches you how to create scripts from scratch, and understand the thousands of JavaScripts, JavaScript APIs, and jQuery plugins that are available on the web
* Demonstrates the latest practices in progressive enhancement, cross-browser compatibility, and when you may be better off using CSS3
If you're looking to create more enriching web experiences and express your creativity through code, then this is the book for you.
This book is also available as part of a set in hardcover - Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery, 9781119038634 - and in softcover - Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery, 9781118907443.
Chapter 1: The ABC of Programming 11
Chapter 2: Basic JavaScript Instructions 53
Chapter 3: Functions, Methods & Objects 85
Chapter 4: Decisions & Loops 145
Chapter 5: Document Object Model 183
Chapter 6: Events 243
Chapter 7: jQuery 293
Chapter 8: Ajax & JSON 367
Chapter 9: APIs 409
Chapter 10: Error Handling & Debugging 449
Chapter 11: Content Panels 487
Chapter 12: Filtering, Searching & Sorting 527
Chapter 13: Form Enhancement & Validation 567
Index 623