JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition

JavaScript lets yousupercharge your HTML with animation, interactivity, and visual effects—butmany web designers find the language hard to learn. This easy-to-read guide notonly covers JavaScript basics, but also shows you how to save time and effortwith the jQuery and jQuery UI libraries of prewritten JavaScript code. You’llbuild web pages that feel and act like desktop programs—with little or noprogramming.

The important stuffyou need to know:

• Pullback the curtain on JavaScript. Learn how to build a basic program with this language.
• Getup to speed on jQuery. Quickly assembleJavaScript programs that work well on multiple web browsers.
• Transformyour user interface. Learn jQuery UI, theJavaScript library for interface features like design themes and controls.
• Makeyour pages interactive. Create JavaScriptevents that react to visitor actions.
• Useanimations and effects. Build drop-downnavigation menus, pop-ups, automated slideshows, and more.
• Collectdata with web forms. Create easy-to-useforms that ensure more accurate visitor responses.
• Practicewith living examples. Get step-by-steptutorials for web projects you can build yourself.

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