Javascript Basics and Reference
- What is JavaScript?
A brief description of what JavaScript is and what it is not.
- How do you add JavaScript to your page?
The different ways to add JavaScript to a web page.
- Where to add your JavaScript
The best place in the web page to add your script and why it is the best.
- Which DOM to Use
There are three document object models but you can get javascript to select the right one.
- Information about Visitors to your Site
What you can find out about your visitors by using JavaScript.
- Feature Sensing vs Browser Sensing
Sensing for feature support works better than sensing which browser is being used.
- What JavaScript event handlers are there and what do they do?
A list of JavaScript event handlers you can use.
- JavaScript reserved words
A list of words with special meanings in JavaScript.
- Hiding your JavaScript
How to avoid having your JavaScript misinterpreted by browsers that don't understand it and avoiding the overhead of downloading it in browsers with it disabled.
- Generating HTML
How to create HTML code from Javascript.
- Why disable JavaScript?
Reasons people have for doing so and why they are mistaken.
- Script for Printing
What control does JavaScript have over how your page prints?
- What JavaScript Can't Do
There are limits on what you can do with JavaScript running in a web page
- JavaScript Arrays
How to define and use Arrays in JavaScript.
- JavaScript Dates
How to define and use Dates in JavaScript.
- JavaScript Strings
There are lots of methods available for updating strings of text in JavaScript.
- JavaScript Math Object
All the mathematical constants and maths functions are provided by this static JavaScript object.
- Passing Information Between Pages
Three ways to pass information between web pages.- More on Passing data using a Frameset
Two ways that you can use a frameset to pass data between pages using javascript.
- More on Passing data using a Frameset
- A Cookie Toolbox
A collection of functions that you can use to handle cookies.- Using the Cookie Toolbox
How to write your code to make use of the cookie toolbox. - Browser Problems and Cookies
Testing your cookies with different browsers. - Arrays in Forms
How to create a form array and save the contents using the cookie toolbox.
- Using the Cookie Toolbox
- User Agents
How to identify which browser it really is from the user agent field.
- Testing
Testing your JavaScripts.
- Favelets/Bookmarklets
What are favelets and bookmarklets?
- Creating a Static Link
A DOM tutorial on creating a static link.
- Cookie Limits
Limitations on cookie size and number.
- sIFR - Why Bother
This combination of JavaScript and Flash can allow you to choose the fonts you want to have the content display in but not everyone will see it.
- Which Browser is That?
It is rarely necessary to identify which browser your visitor is using and only a small number of browsers allow themselves to be correctly identified 100% of the time.
- Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook
Adobe AIR allows you to create applications using JavaScript. This book shows you how.
- Opera and the Open Statement - A Solution
Opera 5 and 6 have problems with the javascript open statement but this can be fixed.
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