JavaScript in the Browser

CSCE 242

University of South Carolina

José M. Vidal
http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/talks/javascriptinbrowser/
An introduction to the language as used within a browser. This talk follows:

• David Flanagan, JavaScript, 5th edition, 2006. Chapters 13–20.

Examples are taken from that book.

1. 1 Browser Environment
   1. 1.1 Level 0 DOM
   2. 1.2 Including JavaScript in HTML
   3. 1.3 JavaScript URLs
   4. 1.4 Executing Scripts
   5. 1.5 Threading
   6. 1.6 Security
      1. 1.6.1 Cross-Site Scripting
2. 2 Scripting Browser Windows
   1. 2.1 Timers
   2. 2.2 Parsing URLs
   3. 2.3 Window Geometry
   4. 2.4 Navigator
   5. 2.5 Manipulating Windows
   6. 2.6 Window Moving Example
   7. 2.7 Dialog Boxes
   8. 2.8 Frames
3. 3 Scripting Documents
   1. 3.1 Legacy DOM Collections
      1. 3.1.1 Naming Document Objects
      2. 3.1.2 Listing Links Example
   2. 3.2 W3C DOM
      1. 3.2.1 Types of Nodes
   3. 3.3 HTMLElement
   4. 3.4 DOM Levels
   5. 3.5 Traversing a Document
      1. 3.5.1 Getting Text
   6. 3.6 Finding a Specific Element
   7. 3.7 Modifying a Document
      1. 3.7.1 Modifying Text
      2. 3.7.2 Modifying Attributes
      3. 3.7.3 Document Fragments
   8. 3.8 Easier Document Creation
   9. 3.9 Querying Selected Text
4. 4 CSS and Dynamic HTML
   1. 4.1 Useful CSS Attributes
      1. 4.1.1 Shadows
      2. 4.1.2 Animations
   2. 4.2 Scripting Inline Styles
   3. 4.3 Scripting Classes
5. 5 Event Handling
   1. 5.1 Events
   2. 5.2 Setting Events in DOM Level 0
      1. 5.2.1 Return Values
      2. 5.2.2 Event Handler Scope
6. 6 DOM Level 2 Event Handling
   1. 6.1 Event Handler Registration
      1. 6.1.1 HTML Event Types
      2. 6.1.2 MouseEvent Types
      3. 6.1.3 Event Object
   2. 6.2 IE Events
   3. 6.3 Example: Dragging Document Elements
7. 7 Forms
   1. 7.1 Form Source Code
8. 8 Cookies
9. 9 Getting Data From Server
   1. 9.1 XMLHttpRequest
      1. 9.1.1 Creating an XMLHttpRequest Object
      2. 9.1.2 Submitting a Request
      3. 9.1.3 Synchronous Response
      4. 9.1.4 Asynchronous Response
      5. 9.1.5 Security
   2. 9.2 Examples
      1. 9.2.1 HTTP Post
      2. 9.2.2 Handling a JSON Response
      3. 9.2.3 Timing Out a Request

Entire Presentation with Notes

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Copyright © 2009 José M. Vidal . All rights reserved.

06 February 2009, 09:29AM