num_pages: 544
description: JavaScript is an essential language for creating modern interactive websites but its complex rules challenge even the most experienced web designers. With JavaScript: The Missing Manual you'll quickly learn how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- without pain or frustration -- even if you have little or no programming experience.JavaScript expert David McFarland first teaches you the basics by having you build a simple program. Then you'll learn how to work with jQuery a popular library of pre-built JavaScript components that's free and easy to use. With jQuery you can quickly build modern interactive web pages -- without having to script everything from scratch!Learn how to add scripts to a web page store and manipulate information communicate with the browser window respond to events like mouse clicks and form submissions and identify and modify HTMLGet real-world examples of JavaScript in actionLearn to build pop-up navigation bars enhance HTML tables create an interactive photo gallery and make web forms more usableCreate interesting user interfaces with tabbed panels accordion panels and pop-up dialog boxesLearn to avoid the ten most common errors new programmers make and how to find and fix bugsUse JavaScript with Ajax to communicate with a server so that your web pages can receive information without having to reload
language: English
title: JavaScript The Missing Manual
publisher: O'Reilly Media