Ajax and JavaScript

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JavaScript Language Essentials: Sep 9, 2005; Learn about the basic elements of JavaScript in this chapter, as well as other aspects of the JavaScript language, such as loops and functions. You'll see how you can check for the presence of browser plug-ins, use JavaScript to write your Web pages for you, learn how JavaScript handles errors that the user makes, and put multiple scripts on a page.

JavaScript Usage in the GoLive Environment: Feb 3, 2006; This chapter discusses JavaScript and ECMAScript/ExtendScript concepts and usage in GoLive. Topics covered include JavaScript objects in the GoLive environment, the scope of variables and functions, and delays and timeouts.

JavaScript: Visual QuickStart Guide: Working with Images: Aug 31, 2011; One of the best (and most common) uses of JavaScript is to add visual interest to Web pages by animating graphics, and that’s what this chapter is all about.

Logon Scripts: Using KiXtart and.ini Files: Dec 19, 2003; Anybody who manages user accounts knows the advantage of automating the task. The last thing you want to do is visit every desktop to ensure that the users' Windows computers are set up to work properly with your network. One common way to get around this is to use batch files and scripts to smooth the process. Matthew Moran shows you an easy way to gain control of user logons with Kixtart, a free-format scripting language.

Manipulating DOM Elements in jQuery: Jan 30, 2013; In this chapter, learn to use CSS height, width, and position properties, work with custom HTML attributes, and copy, add, change, and remove DOM elements to enhance your website visitors’ experience.

Optimize Your Web Animation Workflow: Apr 27, 2015; Say goodbye to deep-nesting JavaScript callbacks and to dirtying your stylesheets with unwieldy CSS animations. It's time to up your web animation game. Julian Shapiro shows you how in this excerpt from Web Animation using JavaScript: Develop & Design.

Optimizing JavaScript for Download Speed: Apr 18, 2003; Learn how to put your JavaScripts on a low-char diet through techinques such as crunching and obfuscation, and also find the right balance between size and speed, or between features and responsiveness for your scripts.

Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed: Apr 25, 2003; Work through an optimization process and speed up your web site. Learn how to improve your JavaScript by choosing the right algorithm and data structure, refactoring to simplify code, minimizing DOM and I/O interaction, and using local optimizations last.

ppk on JavaScript: Context: May 14, 2009; JavaScript is used in the context of a Web page. This is obvious, but it has a few consequences that haven’t always been properly appreciated. Peter-Paul Koch discusses the standards-compliance CSS revolution that has changed Web development, starting with a quick summary of the CSS revolution and its impact on JavaScript.

Random Picture Rotation with JavaScript: Jun 2, 2009; Demonstrating some of the key concepts of the JavaScript language, Charles Wyke-Smith walks through the process of creating JavaScript code for random display of images on a web page.

The 10 Best JavaScript Development and Design Habits: Mar 21, 2012; JavaScript is an easy language to use, and a necessary one in today’s web. So much so that many developers come to JavaScript without any formal programming education. Hence, it’s not uncommon for developers to have years of JavaScript practice (or experimentation) under their belts without ever having established some best development and design habits. In this article, Larry Ullman outlines 10 guidelines that'll help every developer code more effectively.

The Dojo Toolkit: Layout Dijits: Dec 18, 2008; Steve Holzner discusses layout Dijits, including the stack container and accordion container.

The Five Biggest JavaScript Misconceptions: Feb 22, 2012; JavaScript, despite its importance and widespread use in today’s web, is a very misunderstood language. Whether it’s thinking that JavaScript is somehow related to Java, or that you can’t implement access control without classes, there are plenty of misconceptions about JavaScript, one of the world’s most used programming languages. In this article, programming expert Larry Ullman discusses five of the biggest misconceptions commonly held when it comes to the language.

The JavaScript Pocket Guide: Arrays: May 5, 2010; Arrays and loops have endless uses in JavaScript programming. Lenny Burdette tells you all about arrays.

Top 10 jQuery Tips for Novices: Feb 20, 2013; Where should a novice jQuery developer start? Jay Blanchard, author of jQuery and jQuery UI: Visual QuickStart Guide, suggests that you start with his ten jQuery tips for novices.

Transitional CSS and JavaScript Strategies: Nov 8, 2002; Explore some ways of creating web sites that take advantage of the CSS and JavaScript capabilities of modern browsers, while still accommodating older browsers.

Working with Events in jQuery: Jul 9, 2009; If you've ever tried to support cross-browser operations in straight JavaScript, you know the difficulties. That's where jQuery comes in. Steven Holzner shows you how it works.

Working with Exposed Methods in jQuery Mobile: Sep 5, 2012; Kris Hadlock, author of Ajax for Web Application Developers, describes two specific exposed methods from the jQuery Mobile framework that give you the capability to preload and change pages programmatically.

Working with Images in JavaScript: Aug 18, 2014; Rollovers are a great tool, but you can do much more than rollovers with JavaScript, such as automatically change images, create ad banners, build slideshows, and display random images on a page. In this chapter from JavaScript: Visual QuickStart Guide, 9th Edition, you’ll learn how to make JavaScript do all of these image tricks.