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The base2 JavaScript Framework: Bridging Browser Incompatibilities with Standards

The base2 JavaScript Framework: Bridging Browser Incompatibilities with Standards

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Publisher: Wrox Blox

Publication Date: 01-OCT-2008

Insert Date: 24-FEB-2011

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In this Wrox Blox, you'll learn how to program using industry-standard best practices, coving code organization, indention, file structure, and organization. You'll be introduced to the base2 JavaScript framework, which provides a stable backbone for rapid JavaScript application development by bridging and patching cross-browser inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies. This Wrox Blox describes how base2's developer Dean Edwards has made base2's event API consistent and loyal to the W3C standard event API by implementing the standard addEventListener() method in Internet Explorer, thereby...

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Eloquent JavaScript

Eloquent JavaScript

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Publisher: No Starch Press

Publication Date: 27-JAN-2011

Insert Date: 11-FEB-2011

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Eloquent JavaScript is a guide to JavaScript that focuses on good programming techniques rather than offering a mish-mash of cut-and-paste effects. The author teaches you how to leverage JavaScript's grace and precision to write real browser-based applications. The book begins with the fundamentals of programming—variables, control structures, functions, and data structures—then moves on to more complex topics, like object-oriented programming, regular expressions, and browser events. With clear examples and a focus on elegance, Eloquent JavaScript will have you fluent in the language of the...

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Ext JS in Action

Ext JS in Action

By: Jesus Garcia

Publisher: Manning Publications

Publication Date: 05-DEC-2010

Insert Date: 05-FEB-2011

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Ext JS, a cross-browser JavaScript library for building Rich Internet Applications (RIA), has emerged from the mix of JavaScript frameworks, libraries and object-oriented development techniques as a one of the clear leaders. Ext JS combines an extensive library of super-high-quality widgets, an intuitive, extensible component model, and an easy-to-use API to create a full, rock-solid platform for JavaScript-based web apps. Ext JS has been adopted by such household names as Adobe, Aetna, Amazon.com, Best Buy Hallmark, Panasonic, Pixar Animation Studios, Siemens, Sony, and Visa. Ext JS...

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JavaScript for Absolute Beginners

JavaScript for Absolute Beginners

By: Terry McNavage

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 27-DEC-2010

Insert Date: 14-DEC-2010

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Innovative JavaScript behaviors are the hallmark of Web 2.0 interface designs. Visit Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, or any other web titan, and you will find JavaScript implementations providing a smooth, tactile, engaging web experience. Knowledge of JavaScript is essential for developing modern, interactive, sticky web sites, but many beginners are put off by the daunting need to learn a programming language before they can achieve anything. This book takes a practical approach by showing you how to use JavaScript in simple stages, starting with the basics of storing and manipulating data...

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Advanced Javascript, 3rd Edition

Advanced Javascript, 3rd Edition

By: Chuck Easttom

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Publication Date: 22-OCT-2010

Insert Date: 04-NOV-2010

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Advanced JavaScript, Third Edition provides an in-depth examination of the most important features of JavaScript. Beginning with an overview of JavaScript, the book quickly moves into more advanced features needed for complex yet robust JavaScript scripts, such as objects, arrays, and date and time functions. Additionally, various features of JavaScript that are essential for modern web pages are discussed, including manipulating the status bar, creating dynamic calendars, and working with forms, images, and the Document Object Model. Numerous examples illustrate how to implement various...

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Web Development with JavaScript and Ajax Illuminated

Web Development with JavaScript and Ajax Illuminated

By: Richard Allen; Kai Qian; Lixin Tao; Xiang Fu

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Publication Date: 22-OCT-2010

Insert Date: 16-OCT-2010

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Web Development with JavaScript and AJAX teaches your students the cutting-edge techniques for web development for Web 2.0 and 3.0. Ideal for the undergraduate student delving into the world of web development, this text illustrates how to create dynamic, interactive web applications with ease. Interesting real-world case studies are integrated throughout the text, offering students a glimpse of actual web development scenarios. AJAX is quickly becoming the number one tool in the Web industry. Make sure your students are up to speed using Web Development with JavaScript and...

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JavaScript Bibliography

JavaScript Bibliography

By: Safari Content Team

Publisher: Safari Books Online

Publication Date: 15-JAN-2013

Insert Date: 22-AUG-2010

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We have chosen in this bibliography a selection of JavaScript books that can take you from newbie all the way to ninja. Begin by learning the basics and best practices. Once you are comfortable, move onto more advanced topics like unit testing, performance enhancements, and design patterns. Learn how libraries like Underscore, Angular, and jQuery can increase your productivity. Step into the fast growing world of mobile development with web frameworks like jQuery Mobile and cross-platform frameworks like Adobe PhoneGap. And finally go full circle with JavaScript on the server with the...

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Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

By: Jorge Ramon

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 20-OCT-2009

Insert Date: 08-JUN-2010

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Clear step-by-step recipes for building impressive rich internet applications using the Ext JS JavaScript library Master the Ext JS widgets and learn to create custom components to suit your needs Build striking native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars and much more for your real-world user interfaces Packed with easy-to-follow examples to exercise all of the features of the Ext JS libraryPart of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as...

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The JavaScript PocketGuide

The JavaScript PocketGuide

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Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 05-APR-2010

Insert Date: 18-APR-2010

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JavaScript is an object-oriented scripting language that enables you to modify a document's structure, styling, and content in response to user actions. This handy pocket serves as both a quick introduction to the language and acts a valuable reference. It's packed with tips as well as JavaScript syntax, methods, and properties. Concise and inexpensive, it's exactly the guide many web designers and developers need....

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Ajax Starter Kit

Ajax Starter Kit

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 08-JUN-2007

Insert Date: 09-APR-2010

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Ajax Starter Kit Phil Ballard Everything you need to start learning Ajax today! Ajax Programmer’s Toolkit For Windows, Mac, or Linux Quick Start Guide Learn Ajax programming basics Tutorial Reference Library In searchable PDF format Plug-n-Play Code Source code and frameworks Ajax Programmer’s Toolkit with all the technologies you need to set up an Ajax development and testing environment on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. Quick Start Guide teaches you the basics of Ajax programming in 21 short, easy-to-read lessons. Tutorial...

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JavaScript® and AJAX for Dummies®

JavaScript® and AJAX for Dummies®

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Publisher: For Dummies

Publication Date: 02-DEC-2009

Insert Date: 21-MAR-2010

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Learn to use these powerful tools together and build Web sites that work If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're new to Web programming, this book helps you create sites any designer will admire. With easy-to-understand steps and an emphasis on free tools, you'll be able to jump right into building a site using the same techniques as the pros. Down to basics — learn your way around JavaScript and choose an editor and test browser Manage complexity — use functions, arrays, and...

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High Performance JavaScript

High Performance JavaScript

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 23-MAR-2010

Insert Date: 12-MAR-2010

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If you're like most developers, you rely heavily on JavaScript to build interactive and quick-responding web applications. The problem is that all of those lines of JavaScript code can slow down your apps. This book reveals techniques and strategies to help you eliminate performance bottlenecks during development. You'll learn optimal ways to load code onto a page, programming tips to help your JavaScript run as efficiently and quickly as possible, best practices to build and deploy your files to a production environment, and more....

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Test-Driven JavaScript Development

Test-Driven JavaScript Development

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 09-SEP-2010

Insert Date: 08-MAR-2010

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For JavaScript developers working on increasingly large and complex projects, effective automated testing is crucial to success. Test-Driven JavaScript Development is a complete, best-practice guide to agile JavaScript testing and quality assurance with the test-driven development (TDD) methodology. Leading agile JavaScript developer Christian Johansen covers all aspects of applying state-of-the-art automated testing in JavaScript environments, walking readers through the entire development lifecycle, from project launch to application deployment, and beyond. Using real-life examples...

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Learning Ext JS

Learning Ext JS

By: Colin Ramsay; Shea Frederick; Steve Cutter' Blades

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Publication Date: 28-NOV-2008

Insert Date: 25-FEB-2010

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Build dynamic, desktop-style user interfaces for your data-driven web applications Learn to build consistent, attractive web interfaces with the framework components. Integrate your existing data and web services with Ext JS data support. Enhance your JavaScript skills by using Ext's DOM and AJAX helpers. Extend Ext JS through custom components. In Detail As more and more of our work is done through a web browser, and more businesses build web rather than desktop applications, users want web applications that look and feel like desktop...

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JavaScript by Example, Second Edition

JavaScript by Example, Second Edition

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Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publication Date: 05-OCT-2010

Insert Date: 05-FEB-2010

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The World’s Easiest Java Script Tutorial–Fully Updated! JavaScript by Example, Second Edition, is the easiest, most hands-on way to learn JavaScript. Legendary programming instructor Ellie Quigley has thoroughly updated her classic book to deliver the skills and information today’s JavaScript users need most–including up-to-the-minute coverage of JavaScript programming constructs, CSS, Ajax, JSON, and the latest JavaScript libraries and best practices. Quigley illuminates every technique with focused, classroom-tested code examples, detailed line-by-line explanations, and real program...

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JavaScript: Das umfassende Referenzwerk

JavaScript: Das umfassende Referenzwerk

By: David Flanagan

Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag

Publication Date: 15-APR-2007

Insert Date: 10-SEP-2009

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JavaScript ist eine mächtige, objektorientierte Skriptsprache, deren Code in HTML-Seiten eingebettet und vom Browser interpretiert und ausgeführt wird. Im Zusammenhang mit Ajax kommt JavaScript immer häufiger bei der Programmierung komplexer Anwendungen z ...

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Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript

Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript

By: Jonathan Lane; Meitar Moscovitz; Joseph R. Lewis

Publisher: friends of ED

Publication Date: 17-JUL-2008

Insert Date: 28-JUN-2009

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Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript covers the entire process of building a website. This process involves much more than just technical knowledge, and this book provides you with all the information you'll need to understand the concepts behind designing and developing for the Web, as well as the best means to deliver professional, best-practice-based results. There is far more to building a successful website than knowing a little Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The process starts long before any coding takes place, and this book introduces you to the agile...

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DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

By: Jeremy Keith

Publisher: friends of ED

Publication Date: 20-SEP-2005

Insert Date: 25-JUN-2009

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We know from the success of titles such as Web Standards Solutions, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation, and The Web Designer's Reference that web designers are increasingly concerned with making sites that don't just look pretty, but are also built using current best practices. There are three main technologies married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs: XHTML for data structure, Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data, and JavaScript for adding dynamic effects and manipulating structure on the fly using the Document Object...

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Pro JavaScriptâ„¢ Design Patterns

Pro JavaScriptâ„¢ Design Patterns

By: Ross Harmes; Dustin Diaz

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 17-DEC-2007

Insert Date: 25-JUN-2009

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As a web developer, you'll already know that JavaScript is a powerful language, allowing you to add an impressive array of dynamic functionality to otherwise static web sites. But there is more power waiting to be unlocked—JavaScript is capable of full object–oriented capabilities, and by applying object-oriented principles, best practices, and design patterns to your code, you can make it more powerful, more efficient, and easier to work with alone or as part of a team. With Pro JavaScript Design Patterns, you'll start with the basics of object–oriented programming in JavaScript...

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Scriptin’ with JavaScript and Ajax: A Designer’s Guide

Scriptin’ with JavaScript and Ajax: A Designer’s Guide

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Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 17-AUG-2009

Insert Date: 23-JUN-2009

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JavaScript is the brains of your Web page—it enables you to modify a document’s structure, styling, and content in response to user actions without requesting new pages from the server. Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax teaches you how to master this powerful and elegant language so you can develop intuitive user interactions that take the user experience to new levels of sophistication and responsiveness. Today’s application-like Web experiences (such as Salesforce.com and Google Maps) and Web 2.0 sites (such as Flickr.com and Twitter) are powered by JavaScript and Ajax. Using the...