Beginning Web designers who want to know as much about JavaScript as possible to enhance their Web sites

Webmasters who want to code and debug complex Web projects, and learn to reduce server traffic by manipulating data in the browser with JavaScript

Web developers who need to expand beyond the limits of HTML

Write JavaScript code and use it in Web pages.

Understand how JavaScript interacts with HTML forms.

Grasp the fundamentals of JavaScript data types, such as Strings, Integers, and Booleans.

Understand the basics of looping and array handling.

Handle errors and exceptions gracefully in applications.

Model data by using an object-based approach.

Organize JavaScripts to make them easier to change in the future and implement into other projects.

Practical experience with personal computers and desktop workstations.

Knowledge of the most popular browser platforms (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, Mozilla/Netscape, Opera).

General knowledge of HTML/XHTML tags and forms.

Basic programming knowledge is helpful, but not necessary.

JavaScript’s Humble Beginning

JavaScript and ECMA

New Features of JavaScript 1.5

So Many Browsers

Introduction to the DOM

Script Placement

Variables, Expressions, and Evaluations

Overview

Dynamic Writing and Event Handlers

External Script Launching

JavaScript Links and Calculations

Understand when JavaScript is the best solution.

Understand key differences between popular browsers.

Work with simple operators and variables.

Do simple calculations and conversions with integers.

The if/if…else Control Structure

The Switch Statement

Boolean Operators: NOT/AND/OR and Bitwise

Loops

The with Statement

Overview

Loop the Loop: A Dynamic Table

Decision Structure: Controlling the Table

Understand how if and if…else constructions work.

Understand switch constructions.

Discover Boolean operators.

Use looping control structures.

Minimize typing by using with.

Organize with labeled statements.

Strings

Functions

Variable Scope

Build the Page Dynamically

Create a Function for the Calculations

Manipulate strings in JavaScript.

Create functions in JavaScript.

Understand how function parameters are used.

Return data from functions in JavaScript.

Understand variable scope.

Introduction to Arrays

Simple Arrays

Arrays as Structures

Parallel Arrays

Multidimensional Arrays

Using the Array Object

Overview

Delimited String to Arrays

Product Displaying

Define an array.

Use simple arrays.

Use the various syntaxes for creating arrays.

Create array structures.

Understand the difference between simple and parallel arrays.

Use parallel arrays.

Use multidimensional arrays to manage structures.

Join and slice array methods.

Form Objects

Form Elements

Validation and the onSubmit Event

Overview

Terminal: Routing and Setup

Defining Validations

Control the various form objects that are available.

Use complex controls like select-one objects, radio objects, and check box objects.

Retrieve the values from a form and work with them in code.

Understand how event handlers can be used with the form and other objects.

Understand the two main validation techniques and how to apply them.

String Objects

Date() Object

setInterval() and setTimeout()

Math Objects

Regular Expressions and the RegExp Object

Overview

Terminal: Routing and Setup

Defining Validations

Displaying Results

Understand how the common JavaScript objects are used.

Discern the available information in the Navigator object.

Use the Date object.

Calculate with the Math, Number, and Boolean objects.

Traverse String objects.

Express oneself with RegExp.

The Window Object

Overview

The Date Selection Frame

Important Date Pop-Up Info

Spawn a new window by using JavaScript.

Create content for windows spawned through JavaScript.

Launch new functions in spawned windows.

Pass values to spawned windows.

Modify attributes.

Use modal dialog boxes in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.

Create a frameset.

Understand the relationship between parent and child frames.

Use inline iframes.

Popular Browser Event Models

Event Objects

Browser Differences

Event Types

Overview

Mouse Interception

Title Cell Info

Understand the key differences in the most popular browser event models.

Find challenges and solutions of scripting cross-platform events.

Use simple form element event handlers.

Script event handlers by using the Event() object.

Error Message Reading

Exception Handling

JavaScript Debugging

Overview

Bullet-Proof Functions

Nested try…catch

Venkman Test

Read error messages effectively.

Investigate problems with scripts.

Create try…catch blocks.

Create customized Error objects.

Functions

Variables and Arguments

Objects and Properties

Objects and Methods

Method Overriding

Best Practices

Overview

Crackers, Photos, and Their Methods

User Interface Building

Understand how functions are used and their part in data type creation.

Create methods for function objects.

Understand how JavaScript objects were designed in the past.

Understand function arguments and parameters.

Set up properties and prototype properties and methods.

Understand best practices for code organization.