A comprehensive introduction to JavaScript, featuring many practical examples and a presentation of professional techniques, makes this indispensable manual stand out. Learn JavaScript from the ground up and use this book as a reference for your daily development work. The quick and practical example applications can be immediately applied in your own projects. Additionally, you will learn more about current trends and developments, such as the use of JavaScript in microcontrollers and server-side applications.

Contents include:

• Fundamentals and core language
• Working with reference types
• Dynamically modifying web pages
• Handling and triggering events
• Processing forms
• Managing browser information
• Dynamically processing web content
• Simplifying tasks with jQuery
• Dynamically creating images
• Using modern web APIs
• Object-oriented programming
• Functional programming.