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JavaScript & jQuery : interactive front-end web development /

Duckett, Jon,

JavaScript & jQuery : interactive front-end web development / Jon Duckett ; additional material by Gilles Ruppert & Jack Moore. - 622 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

The ABC of programming -- Basic JavaScript instructions -- Functions, methods & objects -- Decisions & loops -- Document object model -- Events -- jQuery -- Ajax & JSON -- APIs -- Error handling & debugging -- Content panels -- Filtering, searching & sorting -- Form enhancement & validation.

This book covers: 1. Basic programming concepts - assuming no prior knowledge of programming beyond an ability to create a web page using HTML & CSS ; 2. Core elements of the JavaScript language - so you can learn how to write your own scripts from scratch ; 3. jQuery - which will allow you to simplify the process of writing scripts (this is introduced half-way through the book once you have a solid understanding of JavaScript) ; 4. How to recreate techniques you will have seen on other web sites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, updating content using Ajax, and more. Each chapter: Breaks subjects down into bite-sized chunks with a new topic on each page ; Contains clear descriptions of syntax, each one demonstrated with inspiring code samples ; Uses diagrams and photography to explain complex concepts in a visual way. This book enables you to use & customize thousands of scripts, JavaScript APIs, and jQuery plugins that are freely available on the web as well as create your own scripts from scratch.

9781118531648 (pbk.) 1118531647 (pbk.) 9781118871652 1118871650

2013933932

GBB317662 bnb GBB480554 bnb

016284545 Uk 016814309 Uk


JavaScript (Computer program language)

QA76.73.J39 / D83 2014

005.133

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