Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: Getting Started with JavaScript.

Chapter 1: JavaScript's Role in the World Wide Web and Beyond.

Chapter 2: Authoring Challenges Amid the Browser Wars.

Chapter 3: Your First JavaScript Script.

PART II: JavaScript Tutorial.

Chapter 4: Browser and Document Objects.

Chapter 5: Scripts and HTML Documents.

Chapter 6: Programming Fundamentals, Part I.

Chapter 7: Programming Fundamentals, Part II.

Chapter 8: Window and Document Objects.

Chapter 9: Forms and Form Elements.

Chapter 10: Strings, Math, and Dates.

Chapter 11: Scripting Frames and Multiple Windows.

Chapter 12: Images and Dynamic HTML.

PART III: Document Objects Reference.

Chapter 13: JavaScript Essentials.

Chapter 14: Document Object Model Essentials.

Chapter 15: Generic HTML Element Objects.

Chapter 16: Window and Frame Objects.

Chapter 17: Location and History Objects.

Chapter 18: The Document and Body Objects.

Chapter 19: Body Text Objects—Summary.

Chapter 19: Body Text Objects.

Chapter 20: HTML Directive Objects—Summary.

Chapter 20: HTML Directive Objects.

Chapter 21: Link and Anchor Objects.

Chapter 22: Image, Area, and Map Objects.

Chapter 23: The Form and Related Objects.

Chapter 24: Button Objects.

Chapter 25: Text-Related Form Objects.

Chapter 26: Select, Option, and FileUpload Objects.

Chapter 27: Table and List Objects—Summary.

Chapter 27: Table and List Objects.

Chapter 28: The Navigator and Other Environment Objects—Summary.

Chapter 28: The Navigator and Other Environment Objects.

Chapter 29: Event Objects.

Chapter 30: Style Sheet and Style Objects.

Chapter 31: Positioned Objects—Summary.

Chapter 31: Positioned Objects.

Chapter 32: Embedded Objects—Summary.

Chapter 32: Embedded Objects.

Chapter 33: XML Objects—Summary.

Chapter 33: XML Objects.

PART IV: JavaScript Core Language Reference.

Chapter 34: The String Object.

Chapter 35: The Math, Number, and Boolean Objects.

Chapter 36: The Date Object.

Chapter 37: The Array Object.

Chapter 38: The Regular Expression and RegExp Objects—Summary.

Chapter 38: The Regular Expression and RegExp Objects.

Chapter 39: Control Structures and Exception Handling.

Chapter 40: JavaScript Operators.

Chapter 41: Functions and Custom Objects.

Chapter 42: Global Functions and Statements.

PART V: JavaScript^™ Bible, Gold Edition Preview.

PART VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: JavaScript and Browser Object Quick Reference.

Appendix B: JavaScript Reserved Words.

Appendix C: Answers to Tutorial Exercises.

Appendix D: JavaScript and DOM Internet Resources.

Appendix E: What's on the CD-ROM.

Appendix F: Examples from Parts III and IV.

Index.

End-User License Agreement.

CD-ROM Installation Instructions.