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DOM Scripting

Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Jeremy Keith
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  • Most JavaScript books are very long-winded, boring, and developer-oriented – this one provides a quick and easy reference for those who are not code experts, but want to quickly learn and take advantage of JavaScript/DOM to add cool functionality to their web sites
  • Shows readers how to build several real world projects
  • All examples are fiercely standards compliant and up-to-date

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About this book

We know from the success of titles such as Web Standards Solutions, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation, and The Web Designer's Reference that web designers are increasingly concerned with making sites that don't just look pretty, but are also built using current best practices.

There are three main technologies married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs: XHTML for data structure, Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data, and JavaScript for adding dynamic effects and manipulating structure on the fly using the Document Object Model.

This book is about the latter of the three. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects. Jeremy Keith starts off by giving you a basic crash course in JavaScript and the DOM, then moves on to provide you with several real-world examples built up from scratch, including dynamic image galleries and dynamic menus. Then, he shows you how to manipulate web page style using the CSS DOM, and create markup on the fly.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. A Brief History of JavaScript

    Pages 3-10

  3. JavaScript Syntax

    Pages 13-39

  4. The Document Object Model

    Pages 41-55

  5. A Javascript Image Gallery

    Pages 57-75

  6. Best Practices

    Pages 77-90

  7. Image Gallery Revisited

    Pages 93-117

  8. Creating Markup on the Fly

    Pages 119-143

  9. Enhancing Content

    Pages 145-175

  10. CSS-DOM

    Pages 177-205

  11. Animated Slideshow

    Pages 207-241

  12. Putting It All Together

    Pages 243-291

  13. The Future of DOM Scripting

    Pages 293-309

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 311-341
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About the author

Jeremy Keith is a web developer living and working in Brighton, England. Working with the web consultancy firm Clearleft (Clearleft.com), he enjoys building accessible, elegant websites using the troika of web standards: XHTML, CSS, and the DOM. His online home is Adactio.com. Jeremy is also a member of the WebStandards.org, where he serves as joint leader of the DOM Scripting Task Force. When he's not building websites, Jeremy plays bouzouki in the alt.country band Salter Cane (SalterCane.com). He is also the creator and curator of one of the web's largest online communities dedicated to Irish traditional music, TheSession.org.

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