Pro JavaScript provides programmers with a definitive guide to the language of the Web. Part 1 details core JavaScript programming with ECMAScript 5.1, especially its new functional and OOP features. Part 2 covers client-side JavaScript programming, including HTML5. There you will learn to script events, DOM, CSS, and HTTP in order build robust and engaging web applications. Part 3 concludes with an easy-to-use reference on the features covered earlier.
The emphasis in Part 1 and 2, which are written tutorial-style, is equally on JavaScript mastery and artistry. In this way you will learn to use this lightweight but highly expressive language to write elegant code. What you'll learnCreating values with expressions and operators
Controlling flow with statements
Manipulating text with regular expressions
Functional and OOP with ECMAScript 5
Scripting CSS and HTML
Interacting with visitors with DOM 0-3 events
Scripting HTTP with XMLHttpRequest or JSON-P
Canvas, geolocation, web workers, and other HTML 5 APIs
Firebug and other debuggers Who this book is for
JavaScript programmers, from beginner to advanced "
About the Author: Terry McNavage has been programming with JavaScript for 14 years and is the author of "JavaScript for Absolute Beginners" (Apress, December 2010). In addition, Terry is an elite runner, typically running 100 or more miles per week, and a bit of a food geek. Like Brendan Eich, JavaScript's creator, Terry is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. So he's hoping the Pirates raise the Jolly Roger more often than not in 2012 rather than notch their 20th losing season in a row.
