JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development

by Jon Duckett

Overview

Jon Duckett’s best-selling, full-color introduction to JavaScript—filled with techniques to make websites more interactive and engaging

Learn JavaScript and jQuery from the author who has inspired hundreds of thousands of beginner-to-intermediate coders. Build upon your HTML and CSS foundation and take the next step in your programming journey with JavaScript. The world runs on JavaScript and the most influential tech companies are looking for new and experienced programmers alike to bring their websites to life. Finding the right resources online can be overwhelming. Take a confident step in the right direction by choosing the simplicity of JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development by veteran web developer and programmer Jon Duckett.

Widely regarded for setting a new standard for those looking to learn and master web development, Jon Duckett has inspired web developers through his inventive teaching format pioneered in his bestselling HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites. He also has helped global brands like Philips, Nike, and Xerox create innovative digital solutions, designing and delivering web and mobile projects with impact and the customer at the forefront.

In JavaScript & jQuery, Duckett shares his real-world insights in his unique and highly visual style:

• Provides an efficient and user-friendly structure that allows readers to progress through the chapters in a self-paced format
• Combines full-color design graphics and engaging photography to explain the topics in an in-depth yet straightforward manner 
• Recreates techniques seen on other websites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, Ajax content updates, and much more 
• Is perfect for anyone looking to create web applications and games, design mobile apps, or redesign a website using popular web development tools 

JavaScript & jQuery is clear and actionable, providing organized instruction in ways that other online courses, tutorials, and books have yet to replicate. For readers seeking a personable yet professional guide to using JavaScript in the real world, this one-of-a-kind guide is for you. 

JavaScript & jQuery is also available as part of two hardcover and paperback sets depending on your web design and development needs: 

Web Design with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery Set
Paperback: 9781118907443
Hardcover: 9781119038634 

Front-End Back-End Development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, and MySQL Set
Paperback: 9781119813095
Hardcover: 9781119813088 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118531648
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/30/2014
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	51,365
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jon Duckett has been designing and building web sites for over a decade, working with global brands, and has authored and co-authored over a dozen books on web design, programming, usability and accessibility. He has curated conferences about web programming and has been a web strategy consultant, often coding front ends for projects and designing architectures for back end programming.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: The ABC of Programming 11

Chapter 2: Basic JavaScript Instructions 53

Chapter 3: Functions, Methods & Objects 85

Chapter 4: Decisions & Loops 145

Chapter 5: Document Object Model 183

Chapter 6: Events 243

Chapter 7: jQuery 293

Chapter 8: Ajax & JSON 367

Chapter 9: APIs 409

Chapter 10: Error Handling & Debugging 449

Chapter 11: Content Panels 487

Chapter 12: Filtering, Searching & Sorting 527

Chapter 13: Form Enhancement & Validation 567

Index 623