Russ Ferguson & Christian Heilmann 
Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax [PDF ebook] 
Second Editon

Beginning Java Script with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential resource for modern Java Script programming. This completely updated second edition covers everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with Java Script development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages, right from the basics. As well as focusing on client-side Java Script, you will also learn how to work with the Browser Object Model, the Document Object Model (DOM), how to use XML and JSON as well as communicate with service side scripts such as PHP. Find out how to:

• Construct good Java Script syntax following modern coding practices


• Use Java Script to communicate with the server and retrieve data


• Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images


• Debug applications using features inside the browser

Java Script is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development.
Beginning Java Script with DOM Scripting and Ajax will take you from being a Java Script novice to work freely with this important technology – begin your Java Script journey today! 

About the author

Russ Ferguson is a freelance developer and instructor inthe New York City area. His interest in computers goes back to Atari Basic, Compu Serveand BBS systems in the mid 1980 s. For over 10 years he has been fortunate toteach at Pratt Institute, where subjects have been as diverse as the studentbody. Working in New York has given him the opportunity to work with a diversegroup companies who s projects ranged from, developing real-time chat/videoapplications for start-up s to developing and managing, content managementsystems for established Media and Advertising agencies like MTV and DC Comics.