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JavaScript & jQuery : interactive front-end web development / Jon Duckett ; additional material by Gilles Ruppert & Jack Moore.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 622 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118531648 (pbk.)
  • 1118531647 (pbk.)
  • 9781118871652
  • 1118871650
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.133 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.73.J39 D83 2014
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.

Includes index.

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.

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.

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