Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book does not waste any time covering things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.

Expert web developer and author John Resig concentrates on fundamental, vital topics – what modern JavaScripting is (and isn’t), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of.

The book is organized into four sections: Modern JavaScript development – using JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging DOM scripting – updating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries Ajax – how Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications The future of JavaScript – looking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML 5, and more.

All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworks – so you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

This has been the bulk of my work during the past eight months. I set out to write this book targeted at other programmers who were interested in JavaScript programming. I attempt to treat JavaScript like the interesting, and feature-full, programming language that it is.

Additionally, I attempted to provide a number of real-world case studies, covering topics such as: Blogs, Wikis, Image Galleries, and Form Validation. I’m working to provide working examples of all the case studies, along with all the code described in the book, here on the web site. Additionally, I’ll be updating this site with interesting tips and tricks that I encounter, related to JavaScript.

Please let me know if you have any questions concerning the book, its contents, this web site, or JavaScript in general – I’m here to help.

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