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This book is a guide to JavaScript, a scripting language widely used in web pages and web applications such as email applications. JavaScript is not to be confused with Java, which is quite a separate language for creating stand-alone applications.

This book applies to version 1.6 and later of JavaScript. Multiple versions of JavaScript are covered in this book.

A printable version of JavaScript is available. (edit it)

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• Introduction (Relation to other languages)
• Hello World!
• JavaScript within HTML
• Other Script Types
• Syntax examples

• Lexical structure
  • Automatic semicolon insertion (ASI)
  • Reserved words
• Variables and types
  • Numbers
  • Strings
  • Dates
  • Arrays
  • Regular expressions
• Operators
• Program flow I: if, switch, try
• Program flow II: loops
• Functions
  • Anonymous functions
• Object-based programming
  • Objects
  • Constructors and prototypes
  • Inheritance
  • Access control
• Closures
• Debugging
• Optimization
• Strict Mode
• Shell

• Runtime document manipulation
  • Finding elements
  • Adding elements
  • Changing elements
  • Removing elements
  • Changing element styles
• Event handling
• W3C event handlers
• Working with the mouse
• Forms
• Images
• Cookies
• LocalStorage
• Design Mode
• Bookmarklets

• XMLHttpRequest
• Handling HTML
• Handling JSON
• Handling XML
• Working with files

• JScript in Microsoft WSH

• Index
• Links
• Bookmarklets
• Useful software tools
• History of JavaScript
• Best practices
• Code structuring
• Generators
• Contributors

• ActionScript Programming
• Authoring Webpages
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Coding Cookbook: JavaScript
• HyperText Markup Language
• Programming Ajax
• Web Development

• JavaScript on Wikipedia
• Wikiversity:Web Design/An Introduction to Programming with JavaScript

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