Description  

“Take control with the ultimate JavaScript toolkit”

Among the 101 Tips, Tricks & Hacks you'll learn how-to:

• Create a slick yet accessible drop-down menu system
• Take control of your web pages with the DOM
• Validate forms in real time using regular expressions
• Optimize your code so that it runs faster
• Manage style sheets and modify styles on-the-fly
• Produce sophisticated drag-and-drop interaction
• Enhance your site with slick, animated transitions
• Create AJAX applications with the XMLHttpRequest object

…and much more.  Far too many things to mention here!

0. Preface
   • Who Should Read this Book?
   • What’s in this Book?
   • The Book’s Web Site
     • The Code Archive
     • Updates and Errata
   • The SitePoint Forums
   • The SitePoint Newsletters
   • Your Feedback
   • Acknowledgements
1. Getting Started with JavaScript
   • JavaScript Defined
   • JavaScript’s Limitations
     • Security Restrictions
   • JavaScript Best Practices
   • Providing for Users who Don’t Have JavaScript (Progressive Enhancement)
   • Separating Content from Behavior (Unobtrusive Scripting)
   • Using Braces and Semicolons (Consistent Coding Practice)
   • Adding a Script to a Page
     • Putting HTML Comments Around Code
     • The language Attribute
   • Getting Multiple Scripts to Work on the Same Page
   • Hiding JavaScript Source Code
   • Debugging a Script
     • Understanding a Browser’s Built-in Error Reporting
     • Using alert
     • Using try-catch
     • Writing to the Page or Window
     • Using an External Debugger
   • Strict Warnings
   • Summary
2. Working with Numbers
   • Doing Math with JavaScript
   • Rounding a Number to x Decimal Places
   • Creating and Constraining Random Numbers
   • Converting a Number to a String
   • Formatting Currency Values
   • Converting a String to a Number
   • Converting Numbers to Ordinals (-st, -nd, -rd, -th)
   • Summary
3. Working with Strings
   • Including a Special Character in a String
   • Transforming the Character Case of a String
   • Encoding a URL
   • Comparing Two Strings
   • Finding a Substring within a String
   • Splitting a String into Substrings
   • Creating a Regular Expression
   • Testing whether a String Matches a Regular Expression
   • Testing whether a String Contains Only Numeric Data
   • Testing whether a String is a Valid Phone Number
   • Testing whether a String is a Valid Email Address
   • Searching and Replacing Text using a Regular Expression
   • Summary
4. Working with Arrays
   • Using Array-literals
   • Creating an Array of Arrays
   • Indexing an Array with Strings Instead of Numbers
   • Turning an Array into a String
   • Adding or Removing Members from an Array
   • Sorting an Array into Alphabetical or Numeric Order
   • Sorting a Multi-dimensional Array
   • Sorting an Array Randomly
   • Summary
5. Navigating the Document Object Model
   • Accessing Elements
   • Creating Elements and Text Nodes
   • Changing the Type of an Element
   • Removing an Element or Text Node
   • Reading and Writing the Attributes of an Element
   • Getting all Elements with a Particular Attribute Value
   • Adding and Removing Multiple Classes to/from an Element
   • Summary
6. Processing and Validating Forms
   • Reading and Writing the Data in a Text Field
   • Reading and Setting the State of a Checkbox
   • Reading and Setting the State of a Radio Button
   • Reading and Setting the Value of a Select Box
   • Validating a Mandatory Text Field
   • Validating a Numeric Field
   • Validating an Email Address Field
   • Checking for Unselected Radio Buttons
   • Stopping a Form Being Submitted Unless all its Fields are Valid
   • Validating a F