Getting Started with JavaScript

Getting Started with JavaScriptNew to programming and JavaScript? Look no further! With this beginners guide, learn the language ABCs and start developing applications. Walk through the programming basics: branches, functions, methods, objects, and more. Then create forms and events; use the Document Object Model (DOM); and work with large data sets, processing strings, mathematics, time, and other data structures. Design your web and mobile applications using tools like Ajax, CSS,

New to programming and JavaScript? Look no further! With this beginners guide, learn the language ABCs and start developing applications. Walk through the programming basics: branches, functions, methods, objects, and more. Then create forms and events; use the Document Object Model (DOM); and work with large data sets, processing strings, mathematics, time, and other data structures. Design your web and mobile applications using tools like Ajax, CSS, jQuery, and Onsen UI. Follow code examples and expert tips, and youll be developing in no time!
Get to know the basics of JavaScript development, from HTML to jQuery
Learn to create dynamic web and mobile applications working with key language features such as objects, forms, events, and the DOM
Download more than 200 complete sample programs to use as project templates
Language BasicsMaster the building blocks of JavaScript programming. From performing calculations to finding and avoiding errors, youll learn the essential skills you need for web application development.JavaScript in PracticeStart developing with JavaScript! Learn how to work with standard and custom objects, forms and events, and the DOM. Design with CSS, add 2D and 3D graphics with SVG and Three.js, simplify your tasks with jQuery, and much more!Example ExercisesReinforce your knowledge with programming exercises. For each core concept, follow along with code examples that are available for download. Get insight into professional development with JavaScript through sample projects!
"Programming basics
"Web application development
"Forms and events
"Document Object Model (DOM)
"Ajax
"XML and JSON
"CSS and HTML properties
"Graphics and animations
"jQuery
"Mobile apps with Onsen UI
"Media files
"Example projects
About the AuthorThomas Theis has more than 40 years of experience as a software developer and as an IT lecturer. He holds a graduate degree in computer engineering. He has taught at numerous institutions, including the Aachen University of Applied Sciences. He is the author of several successful technical books on the topics of Python, C#, PHP, C++, and Unity.