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If you want your Web site to do more than just "look pretty," JavaScript and HTML 4.0 are the tools for you. This book teaches you both -- and shows you the techniques and sample code you need to get them working together exquisitely. The book begins with a simple introduction to both HTML 4.0 and JavaScript, including simple scripting techniques. Learn the key fundamentals of HTML 4.0, including working with text images, multimedia, lists, documents, images, image maps, forms, style sheets and scripts. Then discover how to supercharge your pages with JavaScript. Understand JavaScript syntax, operators and control structures, functions, objects, events, arrays, controls, strings, math functions and more. Learn how to use JavaScript and HTML together in frames, layers, cookies, history lists, navigator objects and other great sample applications. For all programmers and Web administrators who want to start working with JavaScript 2.0 and HTML 4.0, including those migrating from previous versions.
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Build state-of-the-art sites, the easy way - with JavaScript and HTML 4!
- Create practical Web applications - the easy way!
- Step-by-step coverage of building pages with JavaScript and HTML 4.0.
- Master CSS, DHTML, CGI, cookies, custom JavaScript objects, and more.
- Includes comprehensive HTML 4 reference!
With JavaScript and HTML 4.0, you have extraordinary power at your fingertips - even if you're not a programmer. In this book, best-selling programming authors William Murray and Chris Pappas help you leverage that power to build Web sites that deliver state-of-the-art interactivity. You won't just learn HTML 4.0 and JavaScript: you'll discover practical techniques and get great sample code to make them work together exquisitely.
Start by mastering key HTML 4.0 fundamentals, including working with text, images, multimedia, lists, documents, images, image maps, forms, style sheets, and CGI. Next, discover how to supercharge your pages with JavaScript. Master JavaScript syntax, operators and control structures, functions, objects, events, arrays, controls, strings, math functions, and more.
Finally, bring it all together! Integrate JavaScript and HTML to build frames, objects and layers; use cookies to "remember" your site's visitors; and create great sample applications, including history lists, Navigator objects, plugin and mimeType objects, and more. It's all a lot easier than you think - when you've got expert guidance from JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource!
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