With the arrival of HTML5, jQuery, and Ajax, JavaScript web development skills are more valuable than ever! This complete, hands-on JavaScript tutorial covers everything you need to know now. Using line-by-line code walkthroughs and end-of-chapter exercises, top web developer and speaker Tim Wright will help you get results fast, even if you've never written a line of JavaScript before.

Smart, friendly, enthusiastic, and packed with modern examples, Learning JavaScript covers both design-level and development-level JavaScript. You'll find expert knowledge and best practices for everything from jQuery and interface design to code organization and front-end templating. Wright's focused coverage includes regular break points and clear reviews that make modern JavaScript easier to learn-and easier to use!

Learning JavaScript is your fastest route to success with JavaScript-whether you're entirely new to the language or you need to sharpen and upgrade skills you first learned a decade ago!

Coverage includes

* Mastering all of the JavaScript concepts and terminology you need to write new programs or efficiently modify existing code

* Creating robust, secure code for both the design and development levels

* Maximizing usability, reusability, accessibility, clarity, security, and performance

* Taking full advantage of the browser environments your code will run in

* Accessing the DOM to create behaviors and data interactions

* Storing data for easy and efficient access

* Using variables, functions, loops, and other core language features

* Interacting with users through events

* Communicating with servers through Ajax

* Improving your productivity with JavaScript libraries