JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development

Learn JavaScript and jQuery a nicer way

 

This full-color book adopts a visual approach to teaching JavaScript & jQuery, showing you how to make web pages more interactive and interfaces more intuitive through the use of inspiring code examples, infographics, and photography. The content assumes no previous programming experience, other than knowing how to create a basic web page in HTML & CSS. You'll learn how to achieve techniques seen on many popular websites (such as adding animation, tabbed panels, content sliders, form validation, interactive galleries, and sorting data)..

Introduces core programming concepts in JavaScript and jQuery
Uses clear descriptions, inspiring examples, and easy-to-follow diagrams
Teaches you how to create scripts from scratch, and understand the thousands of JavaScripts, JavaScript APIs, and jQuery plugins that are available on the web
Demonstrates the latest practices in progressive enhancement, cross-browser compatibility, and when you may be better off using CSS3
If you're looking to create more enriching web experiences and express your creativity through code, then this is the book for you.

 

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: The ABC of Programming 11

Chapter 2: Basic, JavaScript Instructions 53

Chapter 3: Functions, Methods & Objects 85

Chapter 4: Decisions & Loops 145

Chapter 5: Document Object Model 183

Chapter 6: Events 243

Chapter 7: jQuery 293

Chapter 8: Ajax & JSON 367

Chapter 9: APIs 409

Chapter 10: Error Handling & Debugging 449

Chapter 11: Content Panels 487

Chapter 12: Filtering, Searching & Sorting 527

Chapter 13: Form Enhancement & Validation 567