Learn JavaScript In a Weekend, Second Edition (In a Weekend)

Annotation Create exciting and powerful Web pages using JavaScripts and JScript! If you know the basics of HTML, in just one weekend you?ll learn how to write JavaScripts that will dramatically enhance your Web sites. You?ll begin on Friday evening with the basics of JavaScript and JScript. By Sunday morning, you?ll cover advanced JavaScript programming topics and put your new skills to the test as you develop an actual site. Comprising one third of the book?s content, extensive coverage of JScript programming wraps up your weekend. Learn how to use it to automate a variety of desktop tasks including customizing your Start menu and creating shortcuts You don't have to be a programming expert in order to use JavaScript to create a stunning, powerful Web site! Learn JavaScript™ In a Weekend® provides you with all the information and examples you will need to make your Web site unforgettable. On Friday evening you will learn all the prerequisite background information for working with JavaScript. By the end of the session, you'll be writing your first JavaScript! On Saturday you'll learn the basics of JavaScript coding, master object-oriented programming, and learn specific ways to spice up your Web site. Sunday will bring concepts on advanced JavaScript programming as well as a chapter dedicated to pulling together everything that you have learned. An updated tutorial explaining how to use JavaScript to design interactive Web sites utilizes step-by-step instructions that demonstrate the principles of such topics as coding, syntax, object-oriented programming, cascading style sheets, dynamic Web pages, troubleshooting, and debugging. Original. (Beginner) The author differentiates the book from its competition by also covering JScript and its role as a WSH scripting language. JavaScript will entail about 70% of the book, while about 30% will be dedicated to JScript.