Chapter 1: What Is JavaScript?

• The history of JavaScript
• HTML 1.0 and 2.0
• HTML 3.0 and NHTML
• LiveScript
• What JavaScript isn't
• CGI
• Java
• Platforms and browsers

Chapter 2: What Can You Do with JavaScript?

• Multipart documents with frames
• Reloading Part of the Window
• Creating Interactive Documents
• More control over user interaction
• Documents with memory
• Live documents
• Scrolling Messages
• Clocks
• Countdown Timers
• Self-Updating Documents

Chapter 3: Style

• Image is everything
• Content
• Presentation
• Protecting your document from rogue users
• Make Sure Your Functions Are Loaded
• Validate Input
• But Surely No One Would Do That!
• Not All Platforms Are Created Equal, Part 2
• Document maintenance
• Comment, Comment, Comment
• Consistent Internal Style
• The last rule

Chapter 4: URL Patch

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 5: An Outlined Document

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Frame in the Outline
• Make the Document Outline Smarter
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 6: Color Chooser

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• The Form
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 7: Form Validation

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 8: Form Modification

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Laying Out the Controls
• Laying Out the Window
• Adding Functionality to the Controls
• Putting Everything Together
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Chapter 9: Games

• The scenario
• The requirements
• The solution (without JavaScript)
• The solution (with JavaScript)
• Improving the solution
• Modifying the example for your own use

Appendix A: ISO Latin-1 Character Set
Appendix B: JavaScript Reserved Words
Appendix C: A Review of HTML

• The basic structure of a Web page
• Uniform Resource Locators
• Colors
• Alignment
• Clear
• Netscape-supported HTML elements
• ADDRESS
• APPLET
• AREA
• B (Boldface)
• BASE
• BASEFONT
• BIG
• BLINK
• BLOCKQUOTE
• BODY
• BR (Line Break)
• CAPTION
• CENTER
• CITE
• CODE
• DD (Definition Description)
• DIR (Directory)
• DIV (Division)
• DL (Definition List)
• DT (Definition Term)
• EM (Emphasis)
• FONT
• FORM
• FRAME
• FRAMESET
• H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6 (Headings)
• HEAD
• HR (Horizontal Rule)
• HTML
• I (Italic)
• IMG (Image)
• INPUT
• ISINDEX (Is Indexed)
• KBD (Keyboard)
• LI (List Item)
• LINK
• MAP
• MENU
• META (Document Meta-Information)
• NOBR (No Break)
• NOFRAME
• OL (Ordered List)
• OPTION
• P (Paragraph)
• PARAM (Applet Parameter)
• PRE (Preformatted Text)
• SAMP (Literal Characters)
• SCRIPT
• SELECT
• SMALL
• STRIKE
• STRONG (Strong Emphasis)
• SUB (Subscript)
• SUP (Superscript)
• TABLE
• TD (Table Data) and TH (Table Header)
• TEXTAREA
• TITLE
• TR (Table Row)
• TT (Teletype)
• UL (Unordered List)
• VAR (Variable)
• WBR (Word Break)

Appendix D: JavaScript Operators

• Operators
• Addition Operator
• Assignment Operator
• Bitwise AND Operator
• Bitwise Exclusive-Or (XOR) Operator
• Bitwise OR Operator
• Bitwise Negate Operator
• Concatenation Operator
• Conditional Operator
• Division Operator
• Equality Operator
• Greater Than Operator
• Greater Than or Equal Operator
• Inequality Operator
• Less Than Operator
• Less Than or Equal Operator
• Logical AND Operator
• Logical NOT Operator
• Logical OR Operator
• Modulo Operator
• Multiplication Operator
• Negation Operator
• Post-Decrement Operator
• Post-Increment Operator
• Pre-Decrement Operator
• Pre-Increment Operator
• Shift Left Operator
• Sign-Propagating Shift Right Operator
• Shorthand Assignment Operator
• Subtraction Operator
• Zero-Fill Shift Right Operator
• Order of precedence

Appendix E: Built-in Objects and Functions

• Built-in objects
• The anchors Array
• The button Object
• The checkbox Object
• The Date Object
• The document Object
• The elements Array
• The form Object
• The forms Array
• The frame Object
• The frames Array
• The hidden Object
• The history Object
• The link Object
• The links Array
• The location Object
• The Math Object
• The navigator Object
• The options Array
• The password Object
• The radio Object
• The reset Object
• The select Object
• The string Object
• The submit Object
• The text Object
• The textarea Object
• The window Object
• Built-in functions