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QuickStart to JavaScript
Forest Lin, Tulsa Junior College

ISBN-10: 1576760189
ISBN-13: 9781576760185

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2000
Format: Paper; 144 pp
Published: 05/15/2000
Status: Instock

Net price: $16.50 (What's this?)

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This book offers brief coverage of JavaScript and Web programming, suitable for intro to computer/Internet literacy/Web programming courses.

20 drill and 20 practice questions/answers at the end of each chapter; supporting Web site with source files and interactive tutorials

A supporting web site provides an interactive tutorial for each chapter. A script engine, written in JavaScript, drives the 20 questions mentioned above. This site also stores the lengthier source files listed in the book.

No programming knowledge is assumed to learn JavaScript or use this book.

Equal attentions to language mechanics and web objects.

JavaScript Basics–how to write scripts; HTML tags; JavaScript overview and examples; object concepts and terminology; event handling
Programming Basics–language mechanics; operators; control structures
Document Objects–DOM; various objects and their methods, properties, and
event handlers
Form Elements–form elements (controls) and their methods, properties, and event handlers
Numbers and Strings–manipulating string and numeric data types
Dates, Arrays, and Custom Objects–handling date-related items, user-created arrays and objects

Web Programming and Design: Numerous Mark-up / Scripting Language (Computer Science)
Javascript (Computer Science)

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