Pro JavaScript Techniques, Second Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Contents at a Glance
6. Contents
7. About the Authors
8. About the Technical Reviewers
9. Acknowledgments
10. Chapter 1: Professional JavaScript Techniques
    1. How Did We Get Here?
    2. Modern JavaScript
       1. The Rise of Libraries
       2. More Than a Note about Mobile
       3. Where Do We Go from Here?
    3. Coming Up Next
    4. Summary
11. Chapter 2: Features, Functions, and Objects
    1. Language Features
       1. References and Values
       2. Scope
       3. Context
       4. Closures
       5. Function Overloading and Type-Checking
    2. New Object Tools
       1. Objects
       2. Modifying Objects
    3. Summary
12. Chapter 3: Creating Reusable Code
    1. Object-Oriented JavaScript
       1. Inheritance
       2. Member Visibility
       3. The Future of Object-Oriented JavaScript
    2. Packaging JavaScript
       1. Namespaces
       2. The Module Pattern
       3. Immediately Invoked Function Expressions
    3. Summary
13. Chapter 4: Debugging JavaScript Code
    1. Debugging Tools
       1. The Console
       2. Leveraging the Console Features
    2. The Debugger
       1. DOM Inspector
       2. Network Analyzer
       3. Timeline
       4. Profiler
    3. Summary
14. Chapter 5: The Document Object Model
    1. An Introduction to the Document Object Model
       1. DOM Structure
       2. DOM Relationships
    2. Accessing DOM Elements
       1. Finding Elements by CSS Selector
    3. Waiting for the HTML DOM to Load
       1. Waiting for the Page to Load
       2. Waiting for the Right Event
    4. Getting the Contents of an Element
       1. Getting the Text of an Element
       2. Getting the HTML of an Element
    5. Working with Element Attributes
       1. Getting and Setting an Attribute Value
    6. Modifying the DOM
       1. Creating Nodes Using the DOM
       2. Inserting into the DOM
       3. Injecting HTML into the DOM
       4. Removing Nodes from the DOM
       5. Handling White Space in the DOM
       6. Simple DOM Navigation
    7. Summary
15. Chapter 6: Events
    1. Introduction to JavaScript Events
       1. The Stack, the Queue, and the Event Loop
       2. Event Phases
    2. Binding Event Listeners
       1. Traditional Binding
       2. DOM Binding: W3C
       3. Unbinding Events
    3. Common Event Features
       1. The Event Object
       2. Canceling Event Bubbling
       3. Overriding the Browser’s Default Action
       4. Event Delegation
    4. The Event Object
       1. General Properties
       2. Mouse Properties
       3. Keyboard Properties
    5. Types of Events
       1. Page Events
       2. UI Events
       3. Mouse Events
       4. Keyboard Events
       5. Form Events
       6. Event Accessibility
    6. Summary
16. Chapter 7: JavaScript and Form Validation
    1. HTML and CSS Form Validation
       1. CSS
    2. JavaScript Form Validation
       1. Validation and Users
       2. Validation Events
    3. Customizing Validation
       1. Preventing Form Validation
    4. Summary
17. Chapter 8: Introduction to Ajax
    1. Using Ajax
       1. HTTP Requests
       2. HTTP Response
    2. Summary
18. Chapter 9: Web Production Tools
    1. Scaffolding Your Projects
    2. NPM is the Foundation for Everything
    3. Generators
       1. Version Control
       2. Adding Files, Updates, and the First Commit
    4. Summary
19. Chapter 10: AngularJS and Testing
    1. Views and Controllers
    2. Remote Data Sources
    3. Routes
    4. Route Parameters
    5. Application Testing
       1. Unit Testing
       2. End to End Testing with Protractor
    6. Summary
20. Chapter 11: The Future of JavaScript
    1. The Once and Future ECMAScript
    2. Using ECMAScript Harmony
       1. Harmony Resources
       2. Working with Harmony
    3. ECMAScript Harmony Language Features
       1. Arrow Functions
       2. Classes
       3. Promises
       4. Modules
       5. Type Extensions
       6. New Collection Types
    4. Summary
21. Appendix A: DOM Reference
    1. Resources
    2. Terminology
    3. Global Variables
       1. document
       2. HTMLElement
    4. DOM Navigation
       1. body
       2. childNodes
       3. documentElement
       4. firstChild
       5. getElementById( elemID )
       6. getElementsByTagName( tagName )
       7. lastChild
       8. nextSibling
       9. parentNode
       10. previousSibling
    5. Node Information
       1. innerText
       2. nodeName
       3. nodeType
       4. nodeValue
    6. Attributes
       1. className
       2. getAttribute( attrName )
       3. removeAttribute( attrName )
       4. setAttribute( attrName, attrValue )
    7. DOM Modification
       1. appendChild( nodeToAppend )
       2. cloneNode( true|false )
       3. createElement( tagName )
       4. createElementNS( namespace, tagName )
       5. createTextNode( textString )
       6. innerHTML
       7. insertBefore( nodeToInsert, nodeToInsertBefore )
       8. removeChild( nodeToRemove )
       9. replaceChild( nodeToInsert, nodeToReplace )
22. Index