JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (Learning Kit)

Description

• Copyright 2014
• Edition: 1st

• CourseCompass
• ISBN-10: 0-13-375076-0
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-375076-8

Learn JavaScript in 24 One-Hour Lessons
With this fully interactive, downloadable Learning Kit ¿featuring step-by-step text and video instruction – you can teach yourself to create dynamic, interactive Web pages with the popular and ubiquitous JavaScript web programming language.

Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours has a straightforward, step-by-step approach that helps you master leading-edge practical skills. And with this exclusive downloadable Learning Kit edition of the book you can:

• Read the complete text of the book on your own computer or mobile device (any HTML5 web browser will work)
• Watch an expert instructor show you how to perform step-by-step tasks in more than 50 short, easy-to-follow video
• Test your understanding of the material with fully interactive online quizzes at the end of each chapter

Three sample lessons are available for FREE online exactly as they appear in the full Learning Kit download – with complete video walkthroughs and interactive quizzes (HTML5 browser required). Try them out today!

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About This Learning Kit: A Learning Kit is a self-paced electronic course that integrates text, graphics, video screencasts, and interactive quizzes into one complete tutorial. It is delivered in a 1.5-GB zip archive file that will be available for download from your InformIT Account page after purchase. Once installed on your computer, you can view the Learning Kit in any web browser that fully supports HTML5, including the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer. Supported platforms are:

• Windows XP (Firefox only)
• Windows 7 or 8 (Chrome or Firefox)
• Mac OS X (Safari, Firefox, or Chrome)
• Linux (Chrome or Firefox)
• iOS 6 or iOS 7 (Mobile Safari)

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Learn how to…

• Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive Web pages¿ ¿¿
• Debug scripts
• Create scripts that work in all browsers
• Work with HTML5 and CSS3
• Leverage the popular jQuery library
• Control CSS with simple JavaScripts
• Add Ajax effects to your web pages
• Script animations and music

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Sample Content

Contents

Three sample lessons (Hours 1, 2, and 3) are available for viewing online, exactly as they appear in the full Learning Kit with complete video walkthroughs and interactive quizzes (HTML5 browser required). Just click on a link below.

Introduction

PART I: FIRST STEPS WITH JAVASCRIPT

Hour 1: Introducing JavaScript

Hour 2: Writing Simple Scripts

Hour 3: Using Functions

Hour 4: DOM Objects and Built-In Objects

Hour 5: Different Types of Data

PART II: MORE ADVANCED JAVASCRIPT

Hour 6: Scripts That Do More

Hour 7: Object Oriented Programming

Hour 8: Meet JSON

Hour 9: Responding to Events

Hour 10: JavaScript and Cookies

PART III: WORKING WITH THE DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL

Hour 11: Navigating the DOM

Hour 12: Scripting the DOM

Hour 13: JavaScript and CSS

Hour 14: Good Coding Practice

Hour 15: Graphics and Animation

PART IV: AJAX

Hour 16: Introducing Ajax

Hour 17: Creating a Simple Ajax Library

Hour 18: Solving Ajax Problems

PART V: USING JAVASCRIPT LIBRARIES

Hour 19: Making Life Easier with Libraries

Hour 20: A Closer Look at jQuery

Hour 21: The jQuery UI User Interface Library

PART VI: USING JAVASCRIPT WITH OTHER WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Hour 22: JavaScript and Multimedia

Hour 23: HTML5 and JavaScript

Hour 24: JavaScript Beyond the Web Page

PART VII: APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Tools for JavaScript Development

Appendix B: JavaScript Quick Reference

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