JavaScript and jQuery - Interactive Front-End Web Development

Expert techniques to make your websites more interactive and engaging In JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Development, best-selling author Jon Duckett delivers a fully illustrated guide to making your websites more interactive and your interfaces more interesting and intuitive. In the book, you’ll explore basic programming concepts that assume no prior knowledge of programming beyond an ability to create a web page using HTML & CSS. You’ll use core elements of the JavaScript language so you can learn how to write your own scripts from scratch, as well as 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). You’ll also learn to recreate techniques you have seen on other web sites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, Ajax content updates, and much 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 illustrative code samples Uses diagrams and photography to explain complex concepts in a visual way By the end of the book, not only will you be able to use the thousands of scripts, JavaScript APIs, and jQuery plugins that are freely available on the web – and be able to customize them – you will also be able to create your own scripts from scratch.Table of Content Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The ABC of Programming 11 Chapter 2: Basic JavaScript Instructions 53 Chapter 3: Functions, Methods & Objects 85 Chapter 4: Decisions & Loops 145 Chapter 5: Document Object Model 183 Chapter 6: Events 243 Chapter 7: jQuery 293 Chapter 8: Ajax & JSON 367 Chapter 9: APIs 409 Chapter 10: Error Handling & Debugging 449 Chapter 11: Content Panels 487 Chapter 12: Filtering, Searching & Sorting 527 Chapter 13: Form Enhancement & Validation 567 Index 623Biographical Note Jon Duckett has been designing and building web sites for over a decade, working with global brands, and has authored and co-authored over a dozen books on web design, programming, usability and accessibility. He has curated conferences about web programming and has been a web strategy consultant, often coding front ends for projects and designing architectures for back end programming. LEARN HOW TO Read and write JavaScript Make your sites more interactive Use jQuery to simplify your code Recreate popular web techniques TECHNIQUES INCLUDE Slideshows and lightboxes Improved forms and validation Using Ajax, APIs, and JSONFiltering, searching, and sorting ONLINE SUPPORT Code samples and practical exercises available online at:www.javascriptbook.com Plus bonus reference materials Welcome to a nicer way to learn JavaScript & jQuery. Are you new to JavaScript, or have you added scripts to your web page but want a better idea of how they work? Then this book is for you. We'll not only show you how to read and write JavaScript, but we'll also teach you the basics of computer programming in a simple, visual way. All you need is an understanding of HTML and CSS. This book will teach you how to make your websites more interactive, engaging, and usable. It does this by combining programming theory with examples that demonstrate how JavaScript and jQuery are used on popular sites. In no time at all you will be able to think and code like a programmer. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites www.htmlandcssbook.com