HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies

Web designers and programmers, add JavaScript to your HTML5 development toolkit without fear Modern websites are complex, and some of the most exciting features – things like geolocation, canvas, portability to mobile and more – require JavaScript to leverage what HTML5 can create. Don′t know JavaScript? That′s where HTML5 Programming with JavaScript For Dummies comes in. Rather than walking you through JavaScript as a programming language, it approaches JavaScript as a tool to help you enhance web pages. Helps web designers and programmers tap the full power of HTML5 by leveraging JavaScript, even if they have no prior knowledge of JavaScript Enables readers to produce modern websites with today′s technology essentials: portability to mobile devices, animation, the use of Libraries, the Canvas component, and more Emphasizes practical uses and offers many short examples for illustration Discover basic to complex ways to use JavaScript programming syntax to harness the full power of HTML5 and CSS3.

Introduction ,1 About This Book 1 What You Don&rsquo,t Have to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Conventions Used in This Book 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Understanding the Basics of JavaScript 3 Part II: Speaking the JavaScript Language 4 Part III: Meeting JavaScript&rsquo,s Control Structures 4 Part IV: Interacting with Users and HTML 4 Part V: Extending JavaScript Further 5 Part VI: The Part of Tens 5 The companion Website 5 Icons Used in This Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Understanding the Basics of JavaScript 9 Chapter 1: HTML, Say Hello to JavaScript 11 Chapter 2: Assessing Tools of the Trade ,23 Chapter 3: Integrating HTML5 and JavaScript 47 Part II: Speaking the JavaScript Language ,63 Chapter 4: Embracing JavaScript Variables ,65 Chapter 5: Working with Objects 89 Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Standard JavaScript Objects ,103 Part III: Meeting JavaScript&rsquo,s Control Structures ,125 Chapter 7: Using Functions 127 Chapter 8: Making Choices in JavaScript 141 Chapter 9: Making the Rounds with Loops 151 Chapter 10: Performing Error Handling 167 Part IV: Interacting with Users and HTML ,177 Chapter 11: Understanding the Document Object Model 179 Chapter 12: Handling Events 195 Chapter 13: Connecting with Style: JavaScript and CSS 215 Chapter 14: Enhancing HTML5 Forms with JavaScript 227 Chapter 15: Interacting with Windows 241 Part V: Extending JavaScript Further 257 Chapter 16: Working with XML in JavaScript 259 Chapter 17: Cleaning Up the Web with AJAX 271 Chapter 18: Making JavaScript Easier with jQuery 279 Chapter 19: Using jQuery to Handle AJAX 299 Chapter 20: Animating the Web 313 Part VI: The Part of Tens 345 Chapter 21: Ten Incredible HTML5 and JavaScript Examples 347 Chapter 22: Ten Thoughts About the Future of Web Development 375 Index ,381