Table of Contents

Preface; Chapter 1: Lexical Structure; 1.1 Comments; 1.2 Identifiers and Reserved Words; 1.3 Optional Semicolons; Chapter 2: Types, Values, and Variables; 2.1 Numbers; 2.2 Text; 2.3 Boolean Values; 2.4 null and undefined; 2.5 The Global Object; 2.6 Type Conversions; 2.7 Variable Declaration; Chapter 3: Expressions and Operators; 3.1 Expressions; 3.2 Operators; 3.3 Arithmetic Operators; 3.4 Relational Operators; 3.5 Logical Expressions; 3.6 Assignment Expressions; 3.7 Evaluation Expressions; 3.8 Miscellaneous Operators; Chapter 4: Statements; 4.1 Expression Statements; 4.2 Compound and Empty Statements; 4.3 Declaration Statements; 4.4 Conditionals; 4.5 Loops; 4.6 Jumps; 4.7 Miscellaneous Statements; Chapter 5: Objects; 5.1 Creating Objects; 5.2 Properties; 5.3 Object Attributes; Chapter 6: Arrays; 6.1 Creating Arrays; 6.2 Array Elements and Length; 6.3 Iterating Arrays; 6.4 Multidimensional Arrays; 6.5 Array Methods; 6.6 ECMAScript 5 Array Methods; 6.7 Array Type; 6.8 Array-Like Objects; 6.9 Strings as Arrays; Chapter 7: Functions; 7.1 Defining Functions; 7.2 Invoking Functions; 7.3 Function Arguments and Parameters; 7.4 Functions as Namespaces; 7.5 Closures; 7.6 Function Properties, Methods, and Constructor; Chapter 8: Classes; 8.1 Classes and Prototypes; 8.2 Classes and Constructors; 8.3 Java-Style Classes in JavaScript; 8.4 Immutable Classes; 8.5 Subclasses; 8.6 Augmenting Classes; Chapter 9: Regular Expressions; 9.1 Describing Patterns with Regular Expressions; 9.2 Matching Patterns with Regular Expressions; Chapter 10: Client-Side JavaScript; 10.1 Embedding JavaScript in HTML; 10.2 Event-Driven Programming; 10.3 The Window Object; Chapter 11: Scripting Documents; 11.1 Overview of the DOM; 11.2 Selecting Document Elements; 11.3 Document Structure and Traversal; 11.4 Attributes; 11.5 Element Content; 11.6 Creating, Inserting, and Deleting Nodes; 11.7 Element Style; 11.8 Geometry and Scrolling; Chapter 12: Handling Events; 12.1 Types of Events; 12.2 Registering Event Handlers; 12.3 Event Handler Invocation; Chapter 13: Networking; 13.1 Using XMLHttpRequest; 13.2 HTTP by <script>: JSONP; 13.3 Server-Sent Events; 13.4 WebSockets; Chapter 14: Client-Side Storage; 14.1 localStorage and sessionStorage; 14.2 Cookies; Colophon;