Get Started Fast with Modern JavaScript Web Development! 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

Tim Wright，资深Web前端工程师，有近10年前端设计与开发经验，专注于CSS3、HTML5、网站易访问性、用户体验等技术的研究与实践，在构建能够自动适应桌面及移动设备浏览器的应用程序方面造诣匪浅。是《Smashing Magazine》、《Sitepoint》与《Web Designer Depot》等多个知名网络设计在线刊物的专栏作家，文章内容涵盖前端开发的各个方面。此外，他曾于包括Future of Web Design在内的多个活动中发表演讲。曾任职于美国多所大学，每到一处，必定会推动制订先进的网络开发标准。