JavaScript Phrasebook: Essential Code and Commands

• JavaScript Basics
• Common Phrases
• Images and Animations
• CSS
• DOM and DHTML
• OOP and Events
• Cookies
• Forms
• Windows and Frames
• Web Services
• AJAX (and Related Topics)
• Embedded Media

• JavaScript Basics
  • Understanding JavaScript (and Its History)
  • Setting Up a Test System
  • Configuring Web Browsers
  • Including JavaScript Code
  • Using External JavaScript Files
  • Dynamically Loading JavaScript Files
  • Using JavaScript Pseudo URLs
  • Executing JavaScript with Event Handlers
  • Coping with Browsers without JavaScript
• Common Phrases
  • Detecting the Browser Type
  • Checking Browser Capabilities
  • Preventing Caching
  • Redirecting the Browser
  • Reloading the Page
  • Creating a Random Number
  • Date and Time Information
  • Searching with Regular Expressions
  • Replacing Text
  • Navigating within the Browser's History
  • Displaying the Modification Date of the Page
  • Retrieving GET Parameters
  • Asking for User Confirmation
  • Asking for User Data
• Images and Animations
  • Creating Mouseover Buttons
  • Preloading Images
  • Animating Graphics
  • Stretching Graphics
  • Visualizing the Page Loading State with a Progress Bar
• CSS
  • Accessing CSS Styles
  • Accessing CSS Classes
  • Accessing Individual Style Sheets
  • Accessing Individual CSS Rules
  • Letting the Contents of a Website Disappear
  • Applying JavaScript to CSS Selectors
  • Changing the Mouse Cursor
• DOM and DHTML
  • Understanding DOM
  • Understanding DHTML
  • Accessing Specific Elements
  • Accessing Tags
  • Determining Node Information
  • Removing Elements
  • Adding Elements
  • Creating Text Elements
  • Working with Attributes
  • Cloning Elements
  • Replacing Elements
  • Creating a Bulleted List from JavaScript Data
  • Creating a Table from JavaScript Data
  • Changing HTML Fragments
  • Positioning Elements
  • Moving Elements
  • Creating a Sticky Navigation
  • Creating a Flash Pop-Up Ad
• OOP and Events
  • Creating a Class
  • Accessing Class Members
  • Inheriting Classes
  • Extending Built-In JavaScript Objects
  • Reacting Upon JavaScript Events
  • Using Keyboard Events
  • Submitting a Form with the Enter Key
  • Using Mouse Events
• Cookies
  • Understanding Cookies
  • Setting Cookies
  • Reading Out Cookies
  • Setting an Expiration Date
  • Using Other Cookie Options
  • Deleting Cookies
  • Checking for Cookie Support
  • Saving Multiple Information in One Cookie
• Forms
  • Understanding HTML Forms with JavaScript
  • Accessing Text Fields
  • Accessing Check Boxes
  • Accessing Radio Buttons
  • Accessing Selection Lists
  • Accessing a Multiple Selection List
  • Disabling Form Elements
  • Submitting a Form
  • Preventing Form Submission
  • Preventing Repeated Form Submissions
  • Giving a Field the Focus
  • Selecting Text in a Field
  • Emptying Text Fields When Clicked Upon
  • Validating Text Fields
  • Validating Check Boxes
  • Validating Radio Buttons
  • Validating Selection Lists
  • Automatically Validating a Form
  • Implementing Navigation with a Selection List
  • Implementing a Hierarchical Navigation with a Selection List
  • Emptying a Set of Radio Buttons
  • Creating Prefilled Date Selection Lists
  • Creating Validating Date Selection Lists
• Windows and Frames
  • Using Window Options
  • Opening a Modal Window
  • Determining Screen Size
  • Determining the Window Size
  • Resizing a Window
  • Repositioning a Window
  • Opening a Centered Pop-Up Window
  • Opening a Full-Screen Window
  • Opening a New Window in a Corner of the Screen
  • Creating a Sitemap
  • Closing a Window
  • Checking for the Presence of a Pop-Up Blocker
  • Changing the Contents of Two Frames at Once
  • Using Iframes
• Web Services
  • Creating a Web Service with PHP
  • Creating a Web Service with ASP.NET
  • Calling a Web Service from Internet Explorer
  • Calling a Web Service from a Mozilla Browser
  • Calling an ASP.NET Web Service from a Mozilla Browser
• AJAX (and Related Topics)
  • Initializing an AJAX Application
  • Sending a GET Request
  • Sending a POST Request
  • Sending a Synchronous Request
  • Receiving Multiple Data from the Server
  • Aborting an HTTP Request
  • Retrieving HTTP Headers
  • Receiving XML from the Server
  • Using JSON for Data (De)Serialization
  • Creating a Waiting Screen
  • Solving the Bookmark Problem
  • Solving the Back Button Problem
  • Using XSLT
  • Using an XML Library
  • Using the Yahoo! Web Service
• Embedded Media
  • Accessing Embedded Media
  • Checking for Plug-Ins
  • Coping with Recent Internet Explorer Versions
  • Accessing Multimedia Content
  • Accessing Java Content
  • Accessing Flash Content