If you're comfortable with jQuery but a bit shaky with JavaScript, this concise guide will help you expand your knowledge of the languageespecially the code that jQuery covers up for you. Many jQuery devotees write as little code as possible, but with some JavaScript under your belt, you can prevent errors, reduce overhead, and make your application code more efficient.This book explores event handling, prototypes, and working with the DOM and AJAX through examples and lots of code. You'll learn common conventions and patterns in JavaScript andif you've never coded with JavaScript beforea tutorial will take you through the basics.Enhance your jQuery code by using object constructors and prototypes Reduce overhead and gain more control by handling eve...