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Scriptin' with JavaScript and Ajax, A Designer’s Guide (2010)

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CHAR L E S WY K E - SMI TH

About This Book
My objective in writing this book is to provide you with a solid understanding of how JavaScript is written and the possibilities it offers, and how to develop robust and compact code that runs reliably in all modern Web browsers. Through numerous examples that
build on each other, you will develop the understanding and skills to use JavaScript to improve the user experience and performance of the Web sites you develop. All the examples can be readily added into your own pages, which is a great way to start using JavaScript. Along the way, I’ll show you techniques, shortcuts, and pitfalls
learned from the development of many projects. As with my other books, the focus is on developing practical, professional, and, hopefully, profitable skills. While this is a book about JavaScript, it has, by necessity, a broader scope. JavaScript cannot be used in isolation: Its purpose is to enhance a Web page with behaviors. It acts on a page’s structure (the
HTML markup) and its presentation (the CSS styling) to provide interactivity in what would otherwise be a static page. Through Ajax interactions, JavaScript can also request content from the server by communicating with the middleware that generates pages and manages communication with the database.

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