Download Safari Books Online apps: Apple iOS | Android

Entire Site

Safari Books Online

    Free Trial

    Safari Books Online is a digital library providing on-demand subscription access to thousands of learning resources.

    Start ReadingShareBuy Print Version
    JavaScript Cookbook

    • JavaScript Cookbook

    • By:

    • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

    • Pub. Date:

    • Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-80613-2

    • Pages in Print Edition: 560

    • Subscriber Rating: 4 out of 5 rating4 [3 Ratings]

    1ebooken
    Subscriber Reviews • Browse Similar Topics

    Overview

    Covering both ECMAScript 5 and HTML5, JavaScript Cookbook helps you take advantage of the latest web features, including HTML5's persistent storage mechanisms and drawing canvas. You'll find solutions for integrating these features with JavaScript into UIs that people will enjoy using. The recipes in this book not only help you get things done, they'll also help you develop applications that work reliably in every browser.

    Subscriber Reviews

    Average Rating: 4 out of 5 rating Based on 3 Ratings

    No Subscribers have provided a review for this book.

    Table of Contents

     Index

    View Sample

    Copyright

    View Sample

    Preface

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 1. Working with JavaScript Strings
    View Sample

    recipe 1.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 1.2. Concatenating Two or More Strings

    View Sample

    recipe 1.3. Concatenating a String and Another Data Type

    View Sample

    recipe 1.4. Conditionally Comparing Strings

    View Sample

    recipe 1.5. Finding a Substring in a String

    View Sample

    recipe 1.6. Extracting a Substring from a String

    View Sample

    recipe 1.7. Checking for an Existing, Nonempty String

    View Sample

    recipe 1.8. Breaking a Keyword String into Separate Keywords

    View Sample

    recipe 1.9. Inserting Special Characters

    View Sample

    recipe 1.10. Processing Individual Lines of a textarea

    View Sample

    recipe 1.11. Trimming Whitespace from the Ends of a String

    View Sample

    recipe 1.12. Left- or Right-Pad a String

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 2. Using Regular Expressions
    View Sample

    recipe 2.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 2.2. Testing Whether a Substring Exists

    View Sample

    recipe 2.3. Testing for Case-Insensitive Substring Matches

    View Sample

    recipe 2.4. Validating a Social Security Number

    View Sample

    recipe 2.5. Finding and Highlighting All Instances of a Pattern

    View Sample

    recipe 2.6. Replacing Patterns with New Strings

    View Sample

    recipe 2.7. Swap Words in a String Using Capturing Parentheses

    View Sample

    recipe 2.8. Using Regular Expressions to Trim Whitespace

    View Sample

    recipe 2.9. Replace HTML Tags with Named Entities

    View Sample

    recipe 2.10. Searching for Special Characters

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 3. Dates, Time, and Timers
    View Sample

    recipe 3.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 3.2. Printing Out Today’s Date

    View Sample

    recipe 3.3. Printing Out the UTC Date and Time

    View Sample

    recipe 3.4. Printing Out an ISO 8601 Formatted Date

    View Sample

    recipe 3.5. Converting an ISO 8601 Formatted Date to a Format Acceptable to the Date Object

    View Sample

    recipe 3.6. Creating a Specific Date

    View Sample

    recipe 3.7. Scheduling a Future Date

    View Sample

    recipe 3.8. Tracking Elapsed Time

    View Sample

    recipe 3.9. Creating a Timeout

    View Sample

    recipe 3.10. Creating Recurring Timers

    View Sample

    recipe 3.11. Using Function Closures with Timers

    View Sample
    Chapter 4. Working with Numbers and Math
    View Sample

    recipe 4.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 4.2. Keeping an Incremental Counter

    View Sample

    recipe 4.3. Converting a Decimal to a Hexadecimal Value

    View Sample

    recipe 4.4. Creating a Random Number Generator

    View Sample

    recipe 4.5. Randomly Generating Colors

    View Sample

    recipe 4.6. Converting Strings in a Table to Numbers

    View Sample

    recipe 4.7. Summing All Numbers in a Table Column

    View Sample

    recipe 4.8. Converting Between Degrees and Radians

    View Sample

    recipe 4.9. Find the Radius and Center of a Circle to Fit Within a Page Element

    View Sample

    recipe 4.10. Calculating the Length of a Circular Arc

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 5. Working with Arrays and Loops
    View Sample

    recipe 5.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 5.2. Looping Through an Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.3. Creating a Multidimensional Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.4. Creating a String from an Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.5. Sorting an Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.6. Store and Access Values in Order

    View Sample

    recipe 5.7. Store and Access Values in Reverse Order

    View Sample

    recipe 5.8. Create a New Array as a Subset of an Existing Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.9. Searching Through an Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.10. Flatten a Multidimensional Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.11. Search and Remove or Replace Array Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 5.12. Applying a Function Against Each Array Element

    View Sample

    recipe 5.13. Applying a Function to Every Element in an Array and Returning a New Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.14. Creating a Filtered Array

    View Sample

    recipe 5.15. Validating Array Contents

    View Sample

    recipe 5.16. Using an Associative Array to Store Form Element Names and Values

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 6. Building Reusability with JavaScript Functions
    View Sample

    recipe 6.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 6.2. Creating a Block of Reusable Code

    View Sample

    recipe 6.3. Passing Single Data Values to and from a Function

    View Sample

    recipe 6.4. Passing Complex Data Objects to a Function

    View Sample

    recipe 6.5. Creating a Dynamic Runtime Function

    View Sample

    recipe 6.6. Passing a Function As an Argument to Another Function

    View Sample

    recipe 6.7. Implementing a Recursive Algorithm

    View Sample

    recipe 6.8. Create a Function That Remembers Its State

    View Sample

    recipe 6.9. Improving Application Performance with a Generalized Currying Function

    View Sample

    recipe 6.10. Improve Application Performance with Memoization (Caching Calculations)

    View Sample

    recipe 6.11. Using an Anonymous Function to Wrap Global Variables

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 7. Handling Events
    View Sample

    recipe 7.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 7.2. Detecting When the Page Has Finished Loading

    View Sample

    recipe 7.3. Capturing the Location of a Mouse Click Event Using the Event Object

    View Sample

    recipe 7.4. Creating a Generic, Reusable Event Handler Function

    View Sample

    recipe 7.5. Canceling an Event Based on Changed Circumstance

    View Sample

    recipe 7.6. Preventing an Event from Propagating Through a Set of Nested Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 7.7. Capturing Keyboard Activity

    View Sample

    recipe 7.8. Using the New HTML5 Drag-and-Drop

    View Sample

    recipe 7.9. Using Safari Orientation Events and Other Mobile Development Environments

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 8. Browser Pieces
    View Sample

    recipe 8.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 8.2. Ask the Web Page Reader to Confirm an Action

    View Sample

    recipe 8.3. Creating a New, Stripped-Down Browser Window

    View Sample

    recipe 8.4. Finding Out About the Browser Accessing the Page

    View Sample

    recipe 8.5. Warning the Web Page Reader About Leaving a Page

    View Sample

    recipe 8.6. Changing Stylesheets Depending on Color Support

    View Sample

    recipe 8.7. Modifying Image Dimensions Depending on Page Size

    View Sample

    recipe 8.8. Creating Breadcrumbs in a CMS Template Page

    View Sample

    recipe 8.9. Bookmarking a Dynamic Page

    View Sample

    recipe 8.10. Preserving State for Back Button, Page Refresh

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 9. Form Elements and Validation
    View Sample

    recipe 9.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 9.2. Accessing Form Text Input Values

    View Sample

    recipe 9.3. Dynamically Disabling and Enabling Form Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 9.4. Getting Information from a Form Element Based on an Event

    View Sample

    recipe 9.5. Performing an Action When a Radio Button Is Clicked

    View Sample

    recipe 9.6. Checking for a Valid Phone Number

    View Sample

    recipe 9.7. Canceling a Form Submission

    View Sample

    recipe 9.8. Preventing Duplicate Form Submissions

    View Sample

    recipe 9.9. Hiding and Displaying Form Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 9.10. Modifying a Selection List Based on Other Form Decisions

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 10. Debugging and Error Handling
    View Sample

    recipe 10.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 10.2. Gracefully Handling No JavaScript Support

    View Sample

    recipe 10.3. Checking for Errors in Functions

    View Sample

    recipe 10.4. Using an Alert for Simple Debugging

    View Sample

    recipe 10.5. Catching an Error and Providing Graceful Error Handling

    View Sample

    recipe 10.6. Initiating Manageable Errors

    View Sample

    recipe 10.7. Using Firebug with Firefox

    View Sample

    recipe 10.8. Setting a Breakpoint and Examining Data with Firebug

    View Sample

    recipe 10.9. Firefox and the Console

    View Sample

    recipe 10.10. Using IE’s Built-in Debugger

    View Sample

    recipe 10.11. Setting a Breakpoint with IE Developer Tools

    View Sample

    recipe 10.12. Opera’s Dragonfly

    View Sample

    recipe 10.13. Setting a Breakpoint with Dragonfly

    View Sample

    recipe 10.14. Turning on Safari’s Development Tools

    View Sample

    recipe 10.15. Setting a Breakpoint with Safari’s Debugger

    View Sample

    recipe 10.16. Debugging in Chrome

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 11. Accessing Page Elements
    View Sample

    recipe 11.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 11.2. Access a Given Element and Find Its Parent and Child Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 11.3. Accessing All Images in the Web Page

    View Sample

    recipe 11.4. Discover All Images Within an Article

    View Sample

    recipe 11.5. Discover all Images in Articles Using the Selectors API

    View Sample

    recipe 11.6. Finding the Parent Element for a Group of Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 11.7. Highlighting the First Paragraph in Every Element

    View Sample

    recipe 11.8. Apply a Striping Theme to an Unordered List

    View Sample

    recipe 11.9. Creating an Array of All Elements of a Given Class

    View Sample

    recipe 11.10. Finding All Elements That Share an Attribute

    View Sample

    recipe 11.11. Finding All Checked Options

    View Sample

    recipe 11.12. Summing All the Values in a Table Row

    View Sample

    recipe 11.13. Get Element Attributes

    View Sample

    recipe 11.14. Get Style Information for an Element

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 12. Creating and Removing Elements and Attributes
    View Sample

    recipe 12.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 12.2. Using innerHTML: A Quick and Easy Approach to Adding Content

    View Sample

    recipe 12.3. Inserting Elements Before Existing Page Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 12.4. Appending a New Element to the End of a Page

    View Sample

    recipe 12.5. Triggering Older Versions of IE to Style New Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 12.6. Inserting a New Paragraph

    View Sample

    recipe 12.7. Adding Text to a New Paragraph

    View Sample

    recipe 12.8. Adding Attributes to an Existing Element

    View Sample

    recipe 12.9. Testing for a Boolean Attribute

    View Sample

    recipe 12.10. Removing an Attribute

    View Sample

    recipe 12.11. Moving a Paragraph

    View Sample

    recipe 12.12. Replacing Links with Footnote Bullets

    View Sample

    recipe 12.13. Adding Rows to an Existing Table

    View Sample

    recipe 12.14. Removing a Paragraph from a div Element

    View Sample

    recipe 12.15. Deleting Rows from an HTML Table

    View Sample

    recipe 12.16. Changing the Element’s CSS Style Properties

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 13. Working with Web Page Spaces
    View Sample

    recipe 13.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 13.2. Determining the Area of the Web Page

    View Sample

    recipe 13.3. Measuring Elements

    View Sample

    recipe 13.4. Locating Elements in the Page

    View Sample

    recipe 13.5. Hiding Page Sections

    View Sample

    recipe 13.6. Creating Collapsible Form Sections

    View Sample

    recipe 13.7. Adding a Page Overlay

    View Sample

    recipe 13.8. Creating Tab Pages

    View Sample

    recipe 13.9. Creating Hover-Based Pop-up Info Windows

    View Sample

    recipe 13.10. Collapsing or Resizing the Sidebar

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 14. Creating Interactive and Accessible Effects with JavaScript, CSS, and ARIA
    View Sample

    recipe 14.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 14.2. Displaying a Hidden Page Section

    View Sample

    recipe 14.3. Creating an Alert Message

    View Sample

    recipe 14.4. Highlighting Form Field with Missing or Incorrect Data

    View Sample

    recipe 14.5. Adding Keyboard Accessibility to a Page Overlay

    View Sample

    recipe 14.6. Creating Collapsible Form Sections

    View Sample

    recipe 14.7. Displaying a Flash of Color to Signal an Action

    View Sample

    recipe 14.8. Adding ARIA Attributes to a Tabbed Page Application

    View Sample

    recipe 14.9. Live Region

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 15. Creating Media Rich and Interactive Applications
    View Sample

    recipe 15.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 15.2. Creating Basic Shapes in Canvas (Using the canvas Element)

    View Sample

    recipe 15.3. Implementing Canvas Applications in IE

    View Sample

    recipe 15.4. Creating a Dynamic Line Chart in Canvas

    View Sample

    recipe 15.5. Adding JavaScript to an SVG File

    View Sample

    recipe 15.6. Accessing SVG from Web Page Script

    View Sample

    recipe 15.7. Emulating SVG in Internet Explorer

    View Sample

    recipe 15.8. Enable Interactive SVG Embedded in HTML

    View Sample

    recipe 15.9. Using the Math Functions to Create a Realistic, Ticking Analog Clock in SVG

    View Sample

    recipe 15.10. Integrating SVG and the Canvas Element in HTML

    View Sample

    recipe 15.11. Turning on WebGL Support in Firefox and WebKit/Safari

    View Sample

    recipe 15.12. Running a Routine When an Audio File Begins Playing

    View Sample

    recipe 15.13. Controlling Video from JavaScript with the video Element

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 16. JavaScript Objects
    View Sample

    recipe 16.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 16.2. Defining a Basic JavaScript Object

    View Sample

    recipe 16.3. Keeping Object Members Private

    View Sample

    recipe 16.4. Expanding Objects with prototype

    View Sample

    recipe 16.5. Adding Getter/Setter to Objects

    View Sample

    recipe 16.6. Inheriting an Object’s Functionality

    View Sample

    recipe 16.7. Extending an Object by Defining a New Property

    View Sample

    recipe 16.8. Enumerating an Object’s Properties

    View Sample

    recipe 16.9. Preventing Object Extensibility

    View Sample

    recipe 16.10. Preventing Object Additions and Changes to Property Descriptors

    View Sample

    recipe 16.11. Preventing Any Changes to an Object

    View Sample

    recipe 16.12. One-Off Objects and Namespacing Your JavaScript

    View Sample

    recipe 16.13. Rediscovering “this” with Prototype.bind

    View Sample

    recipe 16.14. Chaining Your Object’s Methods

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 17. JavaScript Libraries
    View Sample

    recipe 17.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 17.2. Packaging Your Code

    View Sample

    recipe 17.3. Testing Your Code with JsUnit

    View Sample

    recipe 17.4. Minify Your Library

    View Sample

    recipe 17.5. Hosting Your Library

    View Sample

    recipe 17.6. Using an External Library: Building on the jQuery Framework

    View Sample

    recipe 17.7. Using Existing jQuery Plug-ins

    View Sample

    recipe 17.8. Convert Your Library to a jQuery Plug-in

    View Sample

    recipe 17.9. Safely Combining Several Libraries in Your Applications

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 18. Communication
    View Sample

    recipe 18.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 18.2. Accessing the XMLHttpRequest Object

    View Sample

    recipe 18.3. Preparing the Data for Transmission

    View Sample

    recipe 18.4. Determining the Type of Query Call

    View Sample

    recipe 18.5. Adding a Callback Function to an Ajax Request

    View Sample

    recipe 18.6. Checking for an Error Condition

    View Sample

    recipe 18.7. Processing a Text Result

    View Sample

    recipe 18.8. Making an Ajax Request to Another Domain (Using JSONP)

    View Sample

    recipe 18.9. Populating a Selection List from the Server

    View Sample

    recipe 18.10. Using a Timer to Automatically Update the Page with Fresh Data

    View Sample

    recipe 18.11. Communicating Across Windows with PostMessage

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 19. Working with Structured Data
    View Sample

    recipe 19.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 19.2. Process an XML Document Returned from an Ajax Call

    View Sample

    recipe 19.3. Extracting Pertinent Information from an XML Tree

    View Sample

    recipe 19.4. Generate a JavaScript Object with JSON, Old-School Style

    View Sample

    recipe 19.5. Parse a JSON Formatted String

    View Sample

    recipe 19.6. Convert an Object to a Filtered/Transformed String with JSON

    View Sample

    recipe 19.7. Convert hCalendar Microformat Annotations into a Canvas Timeline

    View Sample

    recipe 19.8. Glean Page RDFa and Convert It into JSON Using rdfQuery and the jQuery RDF Plug-in

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 20. Persistence
    View Sample

    recipe 20.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 20.2. Attaching Persistent Information to URLs

    View Sample

    recipe 20.3. Creating a Cookie to Persist Information Across Pages

    View Sample

    recipe 20.4. Persisting Information Using the History.pushState Method and window.onpopevent

    View Sample

    recipe 20.5. Using sessionStorage for Client-Side Storage

    View Sample

    recipe 20.6. Creating a localStorage Client-Side Data Storage Item

    View Sample

    recipe 20.7. Persisting Data Using a Relational Data Store

    View Sample
    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    1 Token    Chapter 21. JavaScript Outside the Box
    View Sample

    recipe 21.1. Introduction

    View Sample

    recipe 21.2. Creating a Browser Add-0n, Plug-in, or Extension

    View Sample

    recipe 21.3. Creating Desktop and Mobile Widgets

    View Sample

    recipe 21.4. Creating JavaScript Applications for the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry with PhoneGap

    View Sample

    recipe 21.5. Enhancing Tools with JavaScript

    View Sample

    recipe 21.6. Creating Efficient Desktop Applications with Web Workers and the File API

    View Sample

    Download ChapterDownload Chapter
    0 Tokens    Colophon

    View Sample

    Index

    Extras

    The publisher has provided additional content related to this title.


    Description
    Content

    Visit the catalog page for JavaScript Cookbook

    • Catalog Page

    Visit the errata page for JavaScript Cookbook

    • Errata

    Download the supplemental electronic content for JavaScript Cookbook

    • Supplemental Content