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JavaScript and Ajax for Dummies
Learn to use these powerful tools together and build Web sites that work
If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're new to Web programming, this book helps you create sites any designer will admire. With easy-to-understand steps and an emphasis on free tools, you'll be able to jump right into building a site using the same techniques as the pros.
Down to basics -- learn your way around JavaScript and choose an editor and test browser
Manage complexity -- use functions, arrays, and objects to create more sophisticated programs
Page magic -- discover how to control what happens on your pages, animate objects, and put pages in motion
Get beautiful -- Use the jQuery User Interface library to add sliders, tabbed interfaces, and custom dialogs to a site
Come clean with AJAX -- build AJAX requests into your programs, use jQuery, and work with AJAX data
Open the book and find:
How to choose a test browser
How to discuss string concatenation with a straight face
Tips for debugging your code
How to add useful information to a dropdown list
Why AJAX connections should be asynchronous
The exciting possibilities of the jQuery library
How to use the Aptana editor
Online resources for JavaScript programmers
If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're new to Web programming, this book helps you create sites any designer will admire. With easy-to-understand steps and an emphasis on free tools, you'll be able to jump right into building a site using the same techniques as the pros.
Down to basics -- learn your way around JavaScript and choose an editor and test browser
Manage complexity -- use functions, arrays, and objects to create more sophisticated programs
Page magic -- discover how to control what happens on your pages, animate objects, and put pages in motion
Get beautiful -- Use the jQuery User Interface library to add sliders, tabbed interfaces, and custom dialogs to a site
Come clean with AJAX -- build AJAX requests into your programs, use jQuery, and work with AJAX data
Open the book and find:
How to choose a test browser
How to discuss string concatenation with a straight face
Tips for debugging your code
How to add useful information to a dropdown list
Why AJAX connections should be asynchronous
The exciting possibilities of the jQuery library
How to use the Aptana editor
Online resources for JavaScript programmers
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432 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 5, 2009
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October 27, 2013
Extremely basic introduction to JavaScript and Ajax. It would make a good first programming book for someone but not a second or subsequent book.
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March 3, 2011was so good
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September 2, 2014awesome!
May 20, 2011
Good starting point! Definitely read over the JQuery chapters!!!
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