Free JavaScript Ebooks

It used to be that when you were a Notes developer, you could pretty much ignore web stuff if you wanted to. Not anymore. At the very least, you need to have a solid basic understanding of HTML and JavaScript. To help out with the JavaScript end of things, I'd like to recommend Head First JavaScript, by Michael Morrison.If you've ever read a Head First title, you'll know what I mean when I say this is one of the most entertaining and easy ways to acquire a new skill set.

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"Pro JavaScript Techniques" is definitely for experienced and advanced scripters. The level of abstraction is high in this treatment of the latest trends of JavaScript. If you are looking for ready-made scripts to solve some specific problem in your site or application, you are looking for a different sort of book.

If you have ever gone to Douglas Crockford's site to learn about advanced concepts in JavaScript, and withdrew dazed and abused by his obtuse examples -- but with a conviction that there was something valuable to learn there -- Pro JavaScript Techniques is for you.

Is Ajax a new technology, or the same old stuff web developers have been using for years? Both, actually. Ajax The Definitive Guide by AnthonyT.Holdener III demonstrates not only how tried-and-true web standards make Ajax possible, but how these older technologies allow you to give sites a decidedly modern Web 2.0 feel.

Ajax: The Definitive Guide explains how to use standards like JavaScript, XML, CSS, and XHTML, along with the XMLHttpRequest object, to build browser-based web applications that function like desktop programs. You get a complete background on what goes into today's web sites and applications, and learn to leverage these tools along with Ajax

1. What Is JavaScript?
This chapter explains the origins of JavaScript: where it came from, how it evolved, and what it is today. Concepts introduced include the relationship between JavaScript and ECMAScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and the Browser Object Model (BOM). A discussion of the relevant standards from the European Computer Manufacturer’s Association (ECMA) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is also included.
2. ECMAScript Basics