June 2013
Beginner
482 pages
11h 16m
English
Overview
Your hands-on guide to JavaScript fundamentals
Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of JavaScript. If you have previous programming experience but are new to JavaScript, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.
Discover how to:
Work with JavaScript syntax, variables, and data types
Master techniques for building cross-browser programs
Speed up and simplify app development with jQuery
Quickly retrieve data from a server using AJAX requests
Adapt your app for mobile devices with jQuery Mobile
Build Windows 8 apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
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