Learning JavaScript

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If you're new to JavaScript or an experienced web developer seeking to enhance your skills, this resource offers comprehensive coverage of this essential web development language. You'll explore everything from primitive data types to advanced features, including Ajax and dynamic page effects. By the conclusion, you'll be equipped to work with sophisticated libraries and web applications. This edition emphasizes best practices and provides examples of JavaScript in action, guiding you on integrating the language with the browser environment and adhering to proper coding techniques for standards-compliant websites. You'll learn the structure of JavaScript applications, including basic statements and control structures, and identify various JavaScript objects such as String, Number, Boolean, and Function. The book also covers browser debugging tools, event handling, and form events, along with the Browser Object Model and the Document Object Model. You'll gain insights into browser cookies and modern client-side storage techniques, as well as using XML or JSON with Ajax applications. Following proven learning principles, this resource helps you absorb concepts at a manageable pace, enabling you to create powerful and responsive applications across any browser.