• Origins of JavaScript

• JavaScript Characteristics

• Common Programming Concepts

• Java and JavaScript

• Server-Side vs. Client-Side Applications

• Annotating Code with Comments  

Working with Variables and Data

• Communicating with the User

• Using Data More Than Once: Variables

• Keywords and Reserved Words

• Expressions

• Operators

• Inline Scripting, Simple User Events, and the onLoad and onUnload Event Handlers

Functions, Methods and Events

• Functions

• Methods as Functions

• Defining a Function

• Calling a Function

• User Events and JavaScript Event Handlers   

Controlling Program Flow

• The if...else Statement

• The while Statement

• The for Statement

• The break Statement

• The continue Statement

• The switch Statement

• The do...while Statement

The JavaScript Object Model

• The JavaScript Object Hierarchy Model

• Commonly Used Objects

• The window Object

• The with Statement

• The document Object

• The image Object    

• The history Object

• The location Object

• The navigator Object

JavaScript Language Objects

• JavaScript Language Objects

• The String Object    

• Additional String Object Methods

• Evaluating Strings

• The Array Object     

• The Date Object

• Setting and Extracting Time Information

• The Math Object

Developing Interactive Forms

• Overview of Form Controls

• Referring to form Objects

• The form Object

• The button Object

• The checkbox Object

• The text and textarea Objects

• The radio button Object

• The select Object

• Form Validation

Cookies and JavaScript Security

• How Are Cookies Sent?

• Storing Cookies

• Why Use Cookies?

• Assigning a Cookie

• Testing for Cookie Presence

• Clearing a Cookie

• Controlling Cookies in the Browser

• Cookies and Passwords

• JavaScript Security Issues

Controlling Frames in JavaScript

• Understanding Frames and Targets

• Targeting Frames in JavaScript

• Changing Two or More Frames

• Frames, Functions and Variables

• Targeting Windows

• Windows, Functions and Variables

Client-Side JavaScript

• Image Maps

• Defining the Image Map

• Adding Script to an Image Map

• The navigator Object

Custom JavaScript Objects

• Advantages of Custom Objects

• Custom Object Demonstration

• Creating a JavaScript Object: The Constructor

• Creating an Instance of a Custom Object

• Creating Object Methods

• Creating Functions for Your Objects

• Complex Custom Objects