Web Programming and Internet Technologies: An E-Commerce Approach

CHAPTER 6

JavaScript for Client-Side Computation and Data Validation

CHAPTER CONTENTS

6.1   Overview and Objectives

6.2   Another Important Distinction: Structure vs. Presentation vs. Behavior

6.3   What Is JavaScript? (It’s not Java!)

6.4   A Simple JavaScript Example: User Notification with an Embedded Script

6.5   Where Do You Place Your JavaScript Code?

6.6   What Is the Document Object Model (DOM)?

6.7   How Do JavaScript and the DOM Interact?

6.8   The Importance of Website Security

6.9   How Can JavaScript Help Address the Security Issue?

6.10 Calculating the BMI: Numerical Calculations in JavaScript

6.11 JavaScript and Regular Expressions

6.12 Summary

6.13 Quick Questions to Test Your Basic Knowledge

6.14 Short Exercises to Improve Your ...