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Contents of this book:

Chapter 1 What Is JavaScript?

* The history of JavaScript
o HTML 1.0 and 2.0
o HTML 3.0 and NHTML
o LiveScript
* What JavaScript isn't
o CGI
o Java
* Platforms and browsers

Chapter 2 What Can You Do with JavaScript?

* Multipart documents with frames
o Reloading Part of the Window
o Creating Interactive Documents
* More control over user interaction
* Documents with memory
* Live documents
o Scrolling Messages
o Clocks

Contents of this book:

Introduction

Chapter 1   What Is JavaScript?

Chapter 2   What Can You Do with JavaScript?

Chapter 3   Style

Chapter 4   URL Patch

Chapter 5   An Outlined Document

Chapter 6   Color Chooser

Chapter 7   Form Validation

Chapter 8   Form Modification

Chapter 9   Games

AppendixA   ISO Latin-1 Character Set

Appendix B   JavaScript Reserved Words

Appendix C   A Review of HTML

Contents of this book:

1       Introduction
2       JavaScript Basics
3       JavaScript Values, Names, and Literals
4       Reserved words
5       JavaScript Expressions and Operators
6       Overview of JavaScript Statements
7       Statements
8       Using Built-in Objects and Functions
9       Color values
10      The JavaScript Object Model
11      Navigator Objects
12      Navigator Scripting
13      Using windows and frames

Chapter 1

* Introduction
* What is JavaScript
* What can you do with JavaScript?
* What can't you do with JavaScript?
* Java -vs- JavaScript
* How do you use JavaScript?
* Working with the JavaScript Object hierarchy
* JavaScript Elements

Chapter 2

* Events & Event Handlers
* Event Handlers Examples
* Incorporating JavaScript into your HTML pages
* JavaScript and the HTML layout
* The concept of program control
* Introduction to "if - else" branching
* switch()

contents of this book:

Chapter 1 Objects, Methods, and Properties

Chapter 2 Top-Level Properties and Functions 

Chapter 3 Statements

Chapter 4 Comments 

Chapter 5 Operators 

Chapter 6 Java Classes, Constructors, and Methods

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#  Runtime errors. Runtime errors are now reported as exceptions.

Chapter 1 JavaScript Overview

What Is JavaScript?
JavaScript and Java
JavaScript and the ECMA Specification
New Features in this Release

Part 1 Core Language Features

Chapter 2 Values, Variables, and Literals

Values

Data Type Conversion

Variables
Constants
Literals
Unicode

Chapter 3 Expressions and Operators

Expressions
Operators

Chapter 4 Regular Expressions

Creating a Regular Expression