Appendix G. Resources on the Web
Here are some great places to get information online about JavaScript development.
Reference
MSDN JScript Documentation—(
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yek4tbz0(VS.85).aspx
)Mozilla Developer Center—(
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript
) Extensive information about JavaScript. Plenty of how-tos as well as pure reference material.Microsoft Windows Sidebar Reference—(
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965850(VS.85).aspx
)Regular-Expressions.info—(
www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html
) A detailed online reference for regular expressions in general as well as some JavaScript specifics.JSON.org— (
www.json.org
) A collection of information and APIs relating to JavaScript Object Notation.
Tools
Adobe AIR—(
www.adobe.com/products/air/
) JavaScript/HTML and Flash desktop development framework that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.Regexpal—(
http://regexpal.com/
) A great online regular expression tester with a live reference, match highlighting, and more.Firebug Firefox Debugger—(
www.getfirebug.com
) An in-browser debugging tool for Firefox. Supports DOM browsing, console, DOM inspection, and profiling.Fiddler Web Debugger—(
www.fiddlertool.com
) Microsoft's debugging proxy tool for use with just about any browser. Windows only.YSlow—(
http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/
) Yahoo!'s tool for optimizing page download times.
Blogs and Articles
Quirks Mode—(
www.quirksmode.org
) Extensive tutorials and information about topics ranging from the DOM, DHTML, ...
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