Get up to date on the latest ways to use JavaScript in web development
If you want to achieve JavaScript's full potential, it is critical to understand its nature, history, and limitations. To that end, this updated version of the bestseller by veteran author and JavaScript guru Nicholas C. Zakas covers JavaScript from its very beginning to the present-day incarnations including the DOM, Ajax, and HTML5. Zakas shows you how to extend this powerful language to meet specific needs and create dynamic user interfaces for the web that blur the line between desktop and internet. By the end of the book, you'll have a strong understanding of the significant advances in web development as they relate to JavaScript so that you can apply them to your next website.
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers:
Offers a detailed discussion of the components that make up a JavaScript implementation
Zeroes in on new and emerging APIs such as the Selectors API, Web Workers, and Cross-Document Messaging
Explores object-oriented programming in JavaScript
Shows how to implement drag and drop file upload with Ajax and the File API
Highlights the new core language features introduced in ECMAScript5
Explains how to work with data formats such as XML and JSON
Looks at what's coming in ECMAScript Harmony
Walks you through creating offline-capable web applications

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