Learn the basics of JavaScript to enhance your web pages. This book focuses on modern JavaScript programming and encourages a well-organized approach to programming in general.

JavaScript for Web Developers explains each foundational concept of the language, followed by a practical implementation of that lesson to reinforce what you’ve learned. Author Mark Simon starts with the basics of JavaScript programming, followed by a tutorial on manipulating HTML elements. You will then learn to work with forms, along with CSS and Event Listeners. Hands-on projects will not only solidify each concept in your mind, but they will also give you greater confidence and help you absorb best practices. The book concludes with coverage of Ajax, which will enable you to send and retrieve data from a server asynchronously without interfering with the display and behavior of an existing web page.

After reading this book, you will be able to use JavaScript to design and program your own web applications.

What Will You Learn

• Understand the basics of JavaScript programming
• Manipulate and modify web pages with JavaScript
• Use JavaScript to interact with HTML and CSS
• Work with data and understand the basics of working with Ajax

Who Is This Book For

Beginning web developers with little to no experience using JavaScript.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Working with JavaScript

Chapter 2: Project: A Simple Guessing Game

Chapter 3: Manipulating HTML Elements

Chapter 4: Creating a Slide Show

Chapter 5: Working with Forms

Chapter 6: Creating a Custom Calculator Form

Chapter 7: Interacting with CSS and Event Listeners

Chapter 8: Showing and Hiding Content

Chapter 9: Project: Building a Lightbox Gallery

Chapter 10: Project: An Introduction to Ajax

Appendix A: Running a Web Server

Appendix B: Deferring Scripts

Appendix C: Further Expertise

About the Author

Mark Simon has been involved in training and education since the beginning of his career. He started as a teacher of mathematics but soon moved into IT consultancy and training because computers are much easier to work with than high school students! He has worked with and trained in several programming and coding languages, and currently focuses on web development and database languages. When not involved in work, you will generally find Mark listening to or playing music, reading, or just wandering about.