DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

by Jeremy Keith

Overview

We know from the success of titles such as Web Standards Solutions, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation, and The Web Designer's Reference that web designers are increasingly concerned with making sites that don't just look pretty, but are also built using current best practices.

There are three main technologies married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs: XHTML for data structure, Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data, and JavaScript for adding dynamic effects and manipulating structure on the fly using the Document Object Model.

This book is about the latter of the three. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects. Jeremy Keith starts off by giving you a basic crash course in JavaScript and the DOM, then moves on to provide you with several real-world examples built up from scratch, including dynamic image galleries and dynamic menus. Then, he shows you how to manipulate web page style using the CSS DOM, and create markup on the fly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590595336
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	09/20/2005
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Jeremy Keith is a web developer living and working in Brighton, England. Working with the web consultancy firm Clearleft (Clearleft.com), he enjoys building accessible, elegant websites using the troika of web standards: XHTML, CSS, and the DOM. His online home is Adactio.com. Jeremy is also a member of the WebStandards.org, where he serves as joint leader of the DOM Scripting Task Force. When he's not building websites, Jeremy plays bouzouki in the alt.country band Salter Cane (SalterCane.com). He is also the creator and curator of one of the web's largest online communities dedicated to Irish traditional music, TheSession.org.

Table of Contents

A Brief History of JavaScript.- JavaScript Syntax.- The Document Object Model.- A Javascript Image Gallery.- Best Practices.- Image Gallery Revisited.- Creating Markup on the Fly.- Enhancing Content.- CSS-DOM.- Animated Slideshow.- Putting It All Together.- The Future of DOM Scripting.