Practical JavaScript™, DOM Scripting, and Ajax Projects

Description

Practical JavaScript, DOM, and Ajax Projects is ideal for web developers already experienced in JavaScript who want to take their knowledge to the next level. It presents 10 complete example projects for you to learn from and adapt for use in your own work. The book starts with a quick recap of the fundamentals of modern JavaScript development before moving right along to the applications. For each application, you are taken through the planning, design, and implementation stages. Theres something for everyone herea utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag-and-drop shopping cart, and more! Over the course of the book, author Frank Zammetti covers JavaScript best practices, Ajax techniques, and some of the most popular JavaScript libraries, such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and the Yahoo YUI. One of the main premises of this book is to help you learn by example so you can then apply your knowledge to your own projects. This book will save you countless hours of development time and help further your JavaScript knowledge! Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Brief History of JavaScript....Pages 3-27 The Seven Habits of Highly Successful JavaScript Developers....Pages 29-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Hodgepodge: Building an Extensible Javascript Library....Pages 71-105 Calctron 3000: A Javascript Calculator....Pages 107-146 Doing the Monster Mash: A Mashup....Pages 147-183 Don’t Just Live in the Moment: Client-Side Persistence....Pages 185-229 JSDigester: Taking the Pain out of Client-Side XML....Pages 231-259 Get It right, Bub: a JavaScript Validation Framework....Pages 261-303 Widget Mania: Using a GUI Widget Framework....Pages 305-349 Shopping in Style: A Drag-and-Drop Shopping Cart....Pages 351-401 Time for a Break: A JavaScript Game....Pages 403-463 Ajax: Where the Client and Server Collide....Pages 465-523 Back Matter....Pages 525-546