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Here is a very good free online JavaScript book, named JavaScript Manual of Style. It shows you how to create interactive and interesting web pages using JavaScript. It teaches you how JavaScript can make your Web pages come alive and be more dynamic and fun for the user, changing before their eyes. Topics covered by this JavaScript book include Outlined Document, Color Chooser, Forms Validation and Modification, Games, JavaScript Operators, and Built-in Objects and Functions.


Table of Contents of JavaScript Manual of Style:

Introduction

Chapter 1   What Is JavaScript?

• The history of JavaScript
  • HTML 1.0 and 2.0
  • HTML 3.0 and NHTML
  • LiveScript
• What JavaScript isn't
  • CGI
  • Java
• Platforms and browsers

Chapter 2   What Can You Do with JavaScript?

• Multipart documents with frames
  • Reloading Part of the Window
  • Creating Interactive Documents
• More control over user interaction
• Documents with memory
• Live documents
  • Scrolling Messages
  • Clocks
  • Countdown Timers
  • Self-Updating Documents

Chapter 3   Style

• Image is everything
  • Content
  • Presentation
• Protecting your document from rogue users
  • Make Sure Your Functions Are Loaded
  • Validate Input
  • But Surely No One Would Do That!
  • Not All Platforms Are Created Equal, Part 2
• Document maintenance
  • Comment, Comment, Comment
  • Consistent Internal Style
• The last rule

Chapter 4   URL Patch

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 5   An Outlined Document

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
  • Frame in the Outline
  • Make the Document Outline Smarter
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 6   Color Chooser

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
  • The Form
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 7   Form Validation

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 8   Form Modification

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
  • Laying Out the Controls
  • Laying Out the Window
  • Adding Functionality to the Controls
  • Putting Everything Together
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 9   Games

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Appendix A   ISO Latin-1 Character Set

Appendix B   JavaScript Reserved Words

Appendix C   A Review of HTML

Appendix D   JavaScript Operators

Appendix E   Built-in Objects and Functions

Appendix F   Online Resources

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