You understand
the syntax and have put together some basic scripts such as rollovers or pop-up windows.
Having experience with server-side programming is not necessary, but is always an asset.
How This Book Is Structured
This book is intended to build on introductory knowledge of JavaScript and the document
object model (DOM). From there, the book delves into common topics with DOM scripting
such as working with the DOM, Ajax, and visual effects.
??? Chapter 1, ???The State of JavaScript???: This chapter brings you up to speed on the state
of JavaScript within the industry. It then covers how JavaScript gets evaluated with the
browser and what that means to the way you code. Finally, the chapter looks at debugging
your scripts, providing tools that will help you as you test your own scripts.
??? Chapter 2,???HTML, CSS, and JavaScript???: This chapter runs through some important
techniques with HTML and CSS that provide a solid base on which to add JavaScript.
It then covers some JavaScript basics before moving on to the DOM??”how to move
around and manipulate it.
??? Chapter 3,???Object-Oriented Programming???: Object-oriented programming
approaches within JavaScript are explained. The chapter also looks at features of
JavaScript such as closures and functional programming that make it a powerful
language, especially when doing DOM scripting.
??? Chapter 4, ???Libraries???: JavaScript libraries have become quite pervasive, and this chapter
dissects a few of the popular libraries and shows you how they can be applied easily
to your projects.
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