JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition by David Flanagan

Dedication; Preface; What's New in the Fifth Edition; Using This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaScript; 1.1 What Is JavaScript?; 1.2 Versions of JavaScript; 1.3 Client-Side JavaScript; 1.4 JavaScript in Other Contexts; 1.5 Exploring JavaScript; Part I: Core JavaScript; Chapter 2: Lexical Structure; 2.1 Character Set; 2.2 Case Sensitivity; 2.3 Whitespace and Line Breaks; 2.4 Optional Semicolons; 2.5 Comments; 2.6 Literals; 2.7 Identifiers; 2.8 Reserved Words; Chapter 3: Datatypes and Values; 3.1 Numbers; 3.2 Strings; 3.3 Boolean Values; 3.4 Functions; 3.5 Objects; 3.6 Arrays; 3.7 null; 3.8 undefined; 3.9 The Date Object; 3.10 Regular Expressions; 3.11 Error Objects; 3.12 Type Conversion Summary; 3.13 Primitive Datatype Wrapper Objects; 3.14 Object-to-Primitive Conversion; 3.15 By Value Versus by Reference; Chapter 4: Variables; 4.1 Variable Typing; 4.2 Variable Declaration; 4.3 Variable Scope; 4.4 Primitive Types and Reference Types; 4.5 Garbage Collection; 4.6 Variables as Properties; 4.7 Variable Scope Revisited; Chapter 5: Expressions and Operators; 5.1 Expressions; 5.2 Operator Overview; 5.3 Arithmetic Operators; 5.4 Equality Operators; 5.5 Relational Operators; 5.6 String Operators; 5.7 Logical Operators; 5.8 Bitwise Operators; 5.9 Assignment Operators; 5.10 Miscellaneous Operators; Chapter 6: Statements; 6.1 Expression Statements; 6.2Compound Statements; 6.3 if; 6.4 else if; 6.5 switch; 6.6 while; 6.7 do/while; 6.8 for; 6.9 for/in; 6.10 Labels; 6.11 break; 6.12 continue; 6.13 var; 6.14 function; 6.15 return; 6.16 throw; 6.17 try/catch/finally; 6.18 with; 6.19 The Empty Statement; 6.20 Summary of JavaScript Statements; Chapter 7: Objects and Arrays; 7.1 Creating Objects; 7.2 Object Properties; 7.3 Objects as Associative Arrays; 7.4 Universal Object Properties and Methods; 7.5 Arrays; 7.6 Reading and Writing Array Elements; 7.7 Array Methods; 7.8 Array-Like Objects; Chapter 8: Functions; 8.1 Defining and Invoking Functions; 8.2 Function Arguments; 8.3 Functions as Data; 8.4 Functions as Methods; 8.5 Constructor Functions; 8.6 Function Properties and Methods; 8.7 Utility Function Examples; 8.8 Function Scope and Closures; 8.9 The Function() Constructor; Chapter 9: Classes, Constructors, and Prototypes; 9.1 Constructors; 9.2 Prototypes and Inheritance; 9.3 Simulating Classes in JavaScript; 9.4 Common Object Methods; 9.5 Superclasses and Subclasses; 9.6 Extending Without Inheriting; 9.7 Determining Object Type; 9.8 Example: A defineClass( ) Utility Method; Chapter 10: Modules and Namespaces; 10.1 Creating Modules and Namespaces; 10.2 Importing Symbols from Namespaces; 10.3 Module Utilities; Chapter 11: Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions; 11.1 Defining Regular Expressions; 11.2 String Methods for Pattern Matching; 11.3 The RegExp Object; Chapter 12: Scripting Java; 12.1 Embedding JavaScript; 12.2 Scripting Java; Part II: Client-Side JavaScript; Chapter 13: JavaScript in Web Browsers; 13.1 The Web Browser Environment; 13.2 Embedding Scripts in HTML; 13.3 Event Handlers in HTML; 13.4 JavaScript in URLs; 13.5 Execution of JavaScript Programs; 13.6 Client-Side Compatibility; 13.7 Accessibility; 13.8 JavaScript Security; 13.9 Other Web-Related JavaScript Embeddings; Chapter 14: Scripting Browser Windows; 14.1 Timers; 14.2 Browser Location and History; 14.3 Obtaining Window, Screen, and Browser Information; 14.4 Opening and Manipulating Windows; 14.5 Simple Dialog Boxes; 14.6 Scripting the Status Line; 14.7 Error Handling; 14.8 Multiple Windows and Frames; 14.9 Example: A Navigation Bar in a Frame; Chapter 15: Scripting Documents; 15.1 Dynamic Document Content; 15.2 Document Properties; 15.3 Legacy DOM: Document Object Collections; 15.4 Overview of the W3C DOM; 15.5 Traversing a Document; 15.6 Finding Elements in a Document; 15.7 Modifying a Document; 15.8 Adding Content to a Document; 15.9 Example: A Dynamically Created Table of Contents; 15.10 Querying Selected Text; 15.11 The IE 4 DOM; Chapter 16: Cascading Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML; 16.1 Overview of CSS; 16.2 CSS for DHTML; 16.3 Scripting Inline Styles; 16.4 Scripting Computed Styles; 16.5 Scripting CSS Classes; 16.6 Scripting Stylesheets; Chapter 17: Events and Event Handling; 17.1 Basic Event Handling; 17.2 Advanced Event Handling with DOM Level 2; 17.3 The Internet Exxxxxxplorer Event Model; 17.4 Mouse Events; 17.5 Key Events; 17.6 The onload Event; 17.7 Synthetic Events; Chapter 18: Forms and Form Elements; 18.1 The Form Object; 18.2 Defining Form Elements; 18.3 Scripting Form Elements; 18.4 Form Verification Example; Chapter 19: Cookies and Client-Side Persistence; 19.1 An Overview of Cookies; 19.2 Storing Cookies; 19.3 Reading Cookies; 19.4 Cookie Example; 19.5 Cookie Alternatives; 19.6 Persistent Data and Security; Chapter 20: Scripting HTTP; 20.1 Using XMLHttpRequest; 20.2 XMLHttpRequest Examples and Utilities; 20.3 Ajax and Dynamic Scripting; 20.4 Scripting HTTP with <script> Tags; Chapter 21: JavaScript and XML; 21.1 Obtaining XML Documents; 21.2 Manipulating XML with the DOM API; 21.3 Transforming XML with XSLT; 21.4 Querying XML with XPath; 21.5 Serializing XML; 21.6 Expanding HTML Templates with XML Data; 21.7 XML and Web Services; 21.8 E4X: ECMAScript for XML; Chapter 22: Scripted Client-Side Graphics; 22.1 Scripting Images; 22.2 Graphics with CSS; 22.3 SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics; 22.4 VML: Vector Markup Language; 22.5 Graphics in a <canvas>; 22.6 Graphics with Flash; 22.7 Graphics with Java; Chapter 23: Scripting Java Applets and Flash Movies; 23.1 Scripting Applets; 23.2 Scripting the Java Plug-in; 23.3 Scripting with Java; 23.4 Scripting Flash; 23.5 Scripting Flash 8; Part III: Core JavaScript Reference; Chapter 24: Core JavaScript Reference; Part IV: Client-Side JavaScript Reference; Chapter 25: Client-Side JavaScript Reference; Colophon;