JavaScript

A Beginner's Guide

3rd Edition

Book Details:

Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Series:	McGraw Hill , Beginner's Guide
Author:	John Pollock
Edition:	3
ISBN-10:	0071632956
ISBN-13:	9780071632959

Pages:	512
Published:	Oct 02 2009
Posted:	Nov 19 2014
Language:	English
Book format:	PDF
Book size:	6.29 MB

Book Description:

Essential Skills--Made Easy!Create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today's leading Web development language. JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition gives you step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, forms, and frames. You'll also learn about more advanced techniques, including debugging and security. This hands-on guide explains how JavaScript works with XHTML Transitional and covers the new features available in JavaScript. Get started using JavaScript right away with help from this fast-paced tutorial. Designed for Easy Learning: Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert--Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skillsNotes--Extra information related to the topic being coveredTips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing thingsSelf Tests--End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledgeAnnotated syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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