Pragmatic Guide to JavaScript (Repost)

The j#097;vascript ecosystem can be tough to hack through, even for experienced programmers. There are so many extensive j#097;vascript reference books and competing libraries to choose from-Prototype, jQuery, MooTools, YUI, Dojo, ExtJS, and so on.Christophe Porteneuve is here to help: he gives you fundamentals, the most handy techniques, and the insider’s best practices. If you’re reasonably comfortable programming in any widely known language, you’ll be able to jump into j#097;vascript in no time.Divided into six Parts, the book starts with j#097;vascript code patterns that are too often ignored by j#097;vascript coders. Part 2 presents several essential j#097;vascript tasks-DOM and CSS manipulations, plus event handling and timers-in a framework-agnostic way, using syntax from all the major flavors. Parts 3 and 4, respectively, hit j#097;vascript’s best features for user interface functionality-tooltips, lightboxes, image processing, infinite scrolling, and more-and forms for receiving and validating input. Part 5 explores the client/server relationship, touching on cookies, JSON, and Ajax (same- and cross-domain). Part 6 uses j#097;vascript in mashups with Twitter, Flickr, and geo-related APIs.