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JavaScript Application Cookbook
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JavaScript Application Cookbook

by Jerry Bradenbaugh
October 1999
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
14h 47m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Appendix A. JavaScript Reference

This appendix contains JavaScript syntax reference in the following areas:

  • Objects, methods, and properties

  • Top-level functions and properties

  • Event handlers

In general, JavaScript has a three-pronged structure: core, client-side, and server-side. Core JavaScript refers to those features that can be used on both the client and server sides. Client- and server-side JavaScript includes core JavaScript plus extensions of each particular environment. For example, client-side JavaScript contains the window and the document objects, something the server would have no use for. Similarly, server-side JavaScript contains the File object.

The material here is current as of client-side JavaScript 1.3 and core JavaScript 1.4. Everything in the following pages comes straight from the Netscape sites:

http://developer1.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/js/core/jsref/index.htm
http://developer1.netscape.com:80/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/index.htm

You can find Microsoft Jscript resources at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/jscript/default.htm

Keep this as a handy quick reference, but always refer back to the Netscape and Microsoft material for the latest material.

Browser Compatibility

Table 1.1 shows which JavaScript version is supported in the various versions of Navigator and Internet Explorer.

Table A-1. JavaScript Compatibility

JavaScript Version

Navigator Version

MSIE Version

JavaScript 1.0

Navigator 2.0

MSIE 3.x

JavaScript 1.1 ...

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