What Is JavaScript?

• What you can and can't do with JavaScript
• JavaScript's role in a "Web Application"
• Cross-Browser and Security issues

Getting Started With JavaScript

• Tools and Development Processes
• Sources For Getting Help
• Your First JavaScript Program

JavaScript Language Basics

• Strings, Numbers, Booleans
• Literals and Operators
• Conditional Expressions
• Using JavaScript In A Browser

JavaScript Language Control Structures

• Complex Statements
• For and While Loops
• Multi-Way Branching
• Functions
• Scope of Variables

Beyond Simple Variables

• Arrays (Lists)
• Objects (Lookup Tables, Maps)
• Iterator Loops
• Built-In Browser and Utility Objects and Functions

Integrating With HTML: Event Driven Programming

• You're Not In Control Anymore
• Best Approaches To Event Handling
• What's "this"?
• Accessing Form Elements
• Accessing HTML Elements Without Events

Handling Forms

• Form and Input Elements
• Form Submission
• Client-Side Validation
• Change Event (Immediate Validation)
• Using Regular Expressions

Adding Some Style

• The CSS Box Model
• CSS Selectors
• Controlling Size, Position, Visibility
• User Feedback For Form Validation

Really Integrating With HTML: The DOM

• DOM/XML Terminology
• Dynamic HTML
• The "innerHTML" Property
• The "className" and "style" Properties
• Event Properties And Methods
• Frequently-Used DHTML Recipes

Cookies and Data Sharing

• What's A Cookie Good For?
• Accessing Cookies From JavaScript
• Alternatives To Cookies

A Little Help From Your Friends

• Why Use Libraries?
• Prototype: Simplifying DOM Access
• Scriptaculous: Effects, Lists, Drag-And-Drop

Using AJAX

• The "XMLHttpRequest" Object
• Prototype's "Ajax" Object
• Where AJAX Adds Value
• Talking Data Rather Than Content

Object-Oriented Programming

• Why Use OO JavaScript?
• Defining A "Class"
• Event Handlers In Objects
• Namespace Objects