Introduction
*JavaScript’s Humble Beginning
*JavaScript and ECMA
*New Features of JavaScript 1.5
*So Many Browsers
*Internet Explorer vs. Netscape Navigator
*Introducing the DOM
*Recognize Methods, Properties, and Event Handlers
*Script Placement
*Hiding JavaScript from Older Browser
*External Script Libraries
*Viewing Errors in Browsers
*Variables, Expressions, and Evaluations
*Operators
*Simple Conversions
JavaScript Conditions and Loops
*The if/if…else Control Structure
*else…if
*The Switch Statement
*Boolean Operators: NOT/AND/OR and Bitwise
*NOT
*AND
*OR
*Bitwise Booleans
*Loops
*for Loops
*Breaking Out of the Loop
*Skipping an Iteration
*while Loops
*do-while Loops
*Using in for Property Looping
*The with Statement
Labeled Statements
Strings and Functions
*Strings
*Manipulating Strings
*String Concatenation
*Changing String Case
*Substring Searches
*Substring Extraction
*Functions
*Creating Your Own Functions
*Function Parameters
*Returning Data from Functions
*Variable Scope
Arrays
*Introduction to Arrays
*Simple Arrays
*Arrays as Structures
*Parallel Arrays
*Multidimensional Arrays
*Using the Array Object
*Length
*Concat
*Join
*Slice
Form Interaction
*Working with Form Objects
*Alternatives to Forms
*Form Basics
*Form.method Property
*Form.action Property
*Fieldsets
*Form.Elements[]
*Text Objects
*Button Objects
*Check Box Objects
*Radio Objects
*Select and File Objects
*File Input Object
*Validation and the onSubmit Event
Built-In Objects
*String Object
*Prototype Properties and Methods
*charAt()
*charCodeAt()
*fromCharCode ()
*String.match(RegExp)
*String.replace(RegExp, string)
*String.split(“delimiter”, [limit int]) or (RegExp)
*Date() Object
*Working with Other Dates
*setInterval() and setTimeout()
*setInterval
*setTimeout
*Math Objects.
*The Number Object
*The Boolean Object
*The Math Object
*Math Object Methods and Properties
*Regular Expressions and the RegExp Object
Simple Pattern Expressions
*The RegExp Object
*Windows and Frames
*The Window Object
*Spawning a Window
*Referencing the New Window
*Creating Content in the New Window
*Launching Functions and Passing Values
*Modal and Modeless Dialog Boxes in Internet Explorer 5+
*Creating a Frameset
*Parents and Children
*iframes
Event Handling
*Popular Browser Event Models
*The Sequence of Events
*The Event Object
*Bubbling vs. Capturing Events
*(Bubbling Events in Internet Explorer 4+
*Netscape Navigator 4 Event Capture Model
*Events in Netscape Navigator 6+ (W3C Compliant Version)
*Event Objects
*The Static Event Object
*Standard Event Objects
*Browser Differences
*Capturing in a Compatible Fashion
*Event Types
*Mouse Event Types
*Keyboard Event Types: text, password, & textarea
*Loading/Unloading Event Types
*Other Window Event Types
Form-Related Event Types
*Error Handling
*Reading Error Messages
*Displaying Errors
*Investigating Problems
*Exception Handling
*Try…Catch…Finally Blocks
*Custom Error Objects
*JavaScript Debugging
*The Venkman Debugger
*The Venkman Interface
Custom Objects
*Functions
*Functions as Objects
*Functions on the Fly
*Nested Functions
*Variables and Arguments
*Undefined Parameters
*Objects and Properties
*Objects and Methods
*Arrays, Objects, or Object Arrays?
*Prototypes
*Method Overriding
*Best Practices
*Code Refactoring
*Template Technique
*Creating Organized Libraries
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