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40: What can you do with JavaScript?
By Christian Heilmann · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 17
In this article, Christian Heilmann looks at JavaScript from a high level perspective, discussing what it can do for you on your web pages, and what professional web developers are using it for these days. Of course, along the way he also takes time out to warn you against the bad things that can be achieved with JavaScript! Read more…
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41: Your first look at JavaScript
By Christian Heilmann · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 8
Now on to the real basics of programming in JavaScript - in this article we look at how to execute JavaScript in the browser and apply it to your HTML documents, discuss JavaScript security, and look at techniques to avoid. Read more…
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43: The principles of unobtrusive JavaScript
By ppkoch · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 15
Unobtrusive JavaScript refers to JavaScript that is used to enhance usability and improve the user experience on a web site, but isn't essential for functionality to work. The web site should work ok when JavaScript isn't supported in the user's browser, which will be the case with some users. In this article PPK explores the concept fully, providing multiple examples to help you master it. Read more…
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44: JavaScript functions
By Mike West · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 13
In this article Mike West gives you the lowdown on using JavaScript functions to store and reuse common code functionality so you don't need to keep rewriting the same thing over and over again. Read more…
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45: Objects in JavaScript
By Mike West · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 19
Objects take the concept of reusing code a step further, allowing you to gather together collections of related functions and other constructs into packages that can be easily shared and referred to as a single item. In this article Mike West covers the basics of Objects. Read more…
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46: Traversing the DOM
By Mike West · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 58
When you are using JavaScript to create dynamic effects on a web page, one of the most important things to understand is how to target the elements you want to affect. In this article we look at using JavaScript to select specific HTML elements in the HTML Document Object Model (or DOM). Read more…
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47: Creating and modifying HTML
By stuartlangridge · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 2
When you have learned how to select specific HTML elements in the DOM using JavaScript, the next stage is to start modifying existing elements and adding new ones in response to user actions. In this article, Stuart Langridge show you how to do this by way of some classic examples, such as tabbed interfaces. Read more…
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48: Dynamic style - manipulating CSS with JavaScript
By Greg Schechter · Tuesday, February 3, 2009 4
You can also use JavaScript to dynamically modify CSS via the CSS DOM to manipulate styles on the fly. In this article, Greg Schechter explains how. Read more…