Foreword by Brendan Eich

Preface

Part I: Getting Started with JavaScript

Chapter 1. JavaScript's Role in the World Wide Web and Beyond

Chapter 2. Authoring Challenges Amid the Browser Wars

Chapter 3. Your First JavaScript Script

Part II: JavaScript Tutorial

Chapter 4. Browser and Document Objects

Chapter 5. Scripts and HTML Documents

Chatper 6. Programming Fundamentals, Part I

Chapter 7. Programming Fundamentals, Part II

Chapter 8. Window and Document Objects

Chapter 9. Forms and Form Elements

Chapter 10. Strings, Math and Dates

Chapter 11. Scripting Frames and Multiple Windows

Chapter 12. Images and Dynamic HTML

Part III: Document Objects Reference

Chapter 13. JavaScript Essentials

Chapter 14. Document Object Model Essentials

Chapter 15. Generic HTML Element Objects

Chapter 16. Window and Frame Objects

Chapter 17. Location and History Objects

Chapter 18. The Document and Body Objects

Chapter 19. Link and Anchor Objects

Chapter 20. Image, Area, Map, and Canvas Objects

Chapter 21. Form and Related Objects

Chapter 22. Button Objects

Chapter 23. Text-Related Form Objects

Chapter 24. Select, Option, and FileUpload Objects

Chapter 25. Event Objects

Chapter 26. Style Sheet and Style Objects

Chapter 27. Ajax and XML

Part IV: JavaScript Core Language Reference

Chapter 28. The String Object

Chapter 29. The Math, Number, and Boolean Objects

Chapter 30. The Date Object

Chapter 31. The Array Object

Chapter 32. Control Structures and Exception Handling

Chapter 33. JavaScript Operators

Chapter 34. Functions and Custom Objects

Chapter 35. Global Functions and Statements

Part V: Appendixes

Appendix A. JavaScript and Browser Objects Quick Reference

Appendix B. JavaScript Reserved Words

Appendix C. Answers to Tutorial Exercises

Appendix D. JavaScript and DOM Internet Resources

Appendix E. What's on the CD-ROM

Part VI: Bonus CD-ROM Chapters

Chapter 36. Body Text Objects

Chapter 37. HTML Directive Objects

Chapter 38. Table and List Objects

Chapter 39. The Navigator and Other Environment Objects

Chapter 40. Positioned Objects

Chapter 41. Embedded Objects

Chapter 42. The Regular Expression and RegExp Objects

Chapter 43. Data-Entry Validation

Chapter 44. Scripting Java Applets and Plug-Ins

Chapter 45. Debugging Scripts

Chapter 46. Security and Netscape Signed Scripts

Chapter 47. Cross-Browser Dynamic HTML Issues

Chapter 48. Internet Explorer Behaviors

Chapter 49. Application: Tables and Calendars

Chapter 50. Application: A Lookup Table

Chapter 51. Application: A "Poor Man's" Order Form

Chapter 52. Application: Outline-Style Table of Contents

Chapter 53. Application: Calculations and Graphics

Chapter 54. Application: Intelligent "Updated" Flags

Chapter 55. Application: Decision Helper

Chapter 56. Application: Cross-Browser DHTML Map Puzzle

Chapter 57. Application: Transforming XML Data

Chapter 58. Application: Creating Custom Google Maps