Zammetti Frank. Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects

Apress, 2007. — 576 p. — ISBN: 978-1590598160.In this book, you will find two chapters on some general JavaScript topics, including a brief history of JavaScript, good coding habits, debugging techniques, tools, and more. From then on, it’s ten chapters of nothing but projects! Each chapter will present a different application, explain its inner workings, and offer some suggested exercises you can do to sharpen your skills and further your learning. The projects run the gamut from generally useful (an extensible calculator) to current ideas (a mashup) to just plain fun (a JavaScript game).The 10 projects all address common needs in modern web applications, including a utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag and drop shopping cart, and more! Coverage details JavaScript best practices, Ajax techniques, and some of the most popular JavaScript libraries, such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and the Yahoo YUI library.