Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (eBook)

Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours, Fifth Edition is the freshest, easiest guide to modern JavaScript development. Extensively updated to reflect JavaScript's growing use with HTML5 and CSS3, this full-color book is now even more valuable to inexperienced web developers. Packed with large illustrations, it presents all code in color, helping readers quickly understand program components, structure, and behavior. These outstanding visuals are complemented with a friendly writing style based on practical, complete examples. Readers gain hands-on mastery of syntax, program control, functions, objects, DOM, CSS, libraries, media, and more. As they develop foundational skills, they also learn newer techniques such as:Using JavaScript, Ajax, and XMLHTTPRequest to improve interactivityLeveraging jQuery and jQuery-UI librariesWorking with JavaScript and HTML5 together Step-by-step instructions walk readers through key tasks... Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises test their knowledge... 'Did You Know?' tips offer insider advice... 'Watch Out!' alerts help them avoid problems. By the time they're finished, readers won't just understand core concepts: they'll be comfortable solving real problems with JavaScript.

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Learn JavaScript in 24 Hours Covers JavaScript 1.8+, Ajax and jQuery In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you can learn how to create dynamic, interactive Web pages with the popular and ubiquitous JavaScript web programming language. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book clearly and carefully walks you through basic concepts and techniques, and helps you learn the essentials of JavaScript programming from the ground up. Learn how to... Use JavaScript to build dynamic, interactive Web pages Debug scripts Create scripts that work in all browsers Work with HTML5 and CSS3 Leverage the popular jQuery library Control CSS with simple JavaScripts Add Ajax effects to your web pages Script animations and music Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common JavaScript programming tasks Quizzes at end of every chapter help you build and test your knowledge Interactive online exercises let you practice what you learn at the Codecademy web site with no downloads or installation needed Sams Publishing has teamed up with Codecademy - the online place where anyone can learn and teach coding - to provide readers of Sams Teach Yoruself JavaScript in 24 Hours with an exclusive area on the Codecademy web site where you can supplement what you've learned in this book with some fun, fully interactive exercises and projects. After reading a lesson in the book you can roll up your sleeves and get some hands-on coding experience at codecademy.com/tracks/teachyourself