Introduction to JavaScript

• Origins of JavaScript
• JavaScript Characteristics
• Common Programming Concepts
• Java and JavaScript
• Server-Side vs. Client-Side Applications
• Annotating Code with Comments

Working with Variables and Data

• Communicating with the User
• Using Data More Than Once: Variables
• JavaScript Expressions
• Operators
• Inline Scripting, Simple User Events, and
• the onLoad and onUnload Event
• Handlers
• Keywords and Reserved Words

Functions, Methods and Events

• Functions
• Defining a Function
• Calling a Function
• User and JavaScript Event Handlers
• Methods as Functions

Controlling Program Flow

• Controlling Decisoinal Program Flow
• The if...else Statement
• The while Statement
• The do...while Statement
• The for Statement
• The break Statement
• The continue Statement
• The switch Statement

The JavaScript Object Model

• Commonly Used Objects
• The window Object
• The document Statement
• The with Object
• The image Object
• The history Object
• The location Object
• The navigator Object

JavaScript Language Objects

• JavaScript Language Objects
• The String Object
• Additional String Object Methods
• Evaluating Strings
• Regular Expressions
• The Array Object
• The Date Object
• Setting and Extracting Time Information
• The Math Object

Developing Interactive Forms

• Interactive Forms
• Overview of Form Elements
• Referring to form Element
• The form Object
• The button Object
• The checkbox Object
• The text and textarea Objects
• The radio Object
• The select Object
• Multiple-Selection Lists
• Form Validation

Cookies and JavaScript Security

• Security and Cookies
• What Are Cookies?
• How Are Cookies Sent?
• Who Can Send Cookies?
• Storing Cookies
• Why Use Cookies?
• Assigning a Cookie
• Testing for Cookie Presence
• Clearing a Cookie
• Controlling Cookies in the Browser
• JavaScript Security Issues

Controlling Frames in JavaScript

• Using Frames and Windows
• Targeting Frames in JavaScript
• Changing Two or More Frames
• Frames, Functions and Variables
• Targeting Windows
• Windows, Functions and Variables

Custom JavaScript Objects

• Creating Custom Objects
• Custom Object Demonstration
• Creating the Object: The Contructor
• Creating an Instance of a Custom Object
• Creating Object Methods
• Creating Functions for Your Objects
• Complex Custom Objects