JavaScript, A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition

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 skills

• Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered

• Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things

• Self Tests--End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledge

• Annotated syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated