JavaScript: Novice to Ninja

Learn JavaScript from scratch!

Packed with numerous examples, JavaScript: Novice to Ninja is a fun, step-by-step and comprehensive introduction to development in JavaScript.

Discover how to use JavaScript to solve real-world problems, build smarter forms, track user events, and design eye-catching animations.

• Learn JavaScript’s built-in functions, methods, and properties.
• Use JavaScript to validate form entries and interact with your users.
• Understand how to respond to user events and add interactivity to your applications.
• Create animations that bring your web site to life.
• Start programming using the DOM
• And much more!

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Hello JavaScript
Chapter 2. Programming Basics
Chapter 3. Arrays, Logic, and Loops
Chapter 4. Functions
Chapter 5. Objects
Chapter 6. The Document Object Model
Chapter 7. Events
Chapter 8. Forms
Chapter 9. The Window Object
Chapter 10. Testing and Debugging
Chapter 11. Functional JavaScript
Chapter 12. Object-oriented Programming in JavaScript
Chapter 13. Ajax
Chapter 14. HTML5 APIs
Chapter 15. Organizing Your Code
Chapter 16. Next Steps