List of Sidebars

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Programmers Can Be Users

Understanding Machine Language, Assembly Language, Operating Systems, and All That

Understanding Compilers, Interpreters, and Why Not to Worry

Deciphering JavaScript, ECMAScript, and JScript

Understanding Methods and Objects

JavaScript Code in HTML: Best Practices

Chapter 2: Understanding Types, Variables, and Statements

Advanced—Fancy Ways to Write Numbers

Using the String Concatenation Operator

Advanced—Examining Some Special Types

Chapter 3: Using Conditional Statements

So, Who Is George Boole, Anyway?

Using Break Statements and Return Statements

Chapter 4: Working with Loops

I’m Blocked, How About You?

How Many Ways Can You Write a While?

Chapter 5: Understanding Functions

Advanced—Differentiating Between Functions, Methods, and Subroutines

Try This at Home—Functions and Children First!

Advanced—Understanding Loosely and Strictly Typed Computer Languages

Learning More About HTML Table Tags

Advanced—Understanding Fibonacci Numbers and the Rabbit Problem

Chapter 6: Programming with Arrays

Using the Array Length Property

Chapter 7: Working with Objects

Don’t Feel Overwhelmed!

Chapter 8: Understanding Events and Event-Driven Programming

Using Different Browsers

Different Event Models

Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Netscape

Custom Events in Visual Basic .NET

Chapter 9: Manipulating Strings

The Man Who Invented Regular Expressions

Calling All Readers

Chapter 10: Debugging and Exceptions

Why Is a “Bug” a Bug?

The Error Object Across Browsers

Chapter 11: Programming with JavaScript

Calling All Readers

Problems with This Password Scheme

Generating Random Numbers

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