JavaScript Essential Training (2007)
with: Dori Smith

JavaScript Essential Training takes viewers through the process of using JavaScript to fully realize a site's potential, from understanding the basics to creating real-world samples. Instructor Dori Smith explains how to work with objects, create buttons and forms that interact with site visitors, make rollovers, menus, slideshows, and countdowns, and take advantage of other practical applications. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

Welcome 0:36 0.7 MB
Using the exercise files 0:49 0.8 MB
Overview 2:49 3.1 MB
What is JavaScript? 5:22 4.4 MB
What is Ajax? 3:39 7.5 MB

2. Developer Essentials

The development workflow 2:47 4.5 MB
Selecting the right tools for the job 4:09 5.9 MB
Just enough HTML and CSS 2:19 4.5 MB
Understanding objects 7:31 10.7 MB
Understanding variables 9:45 8.5 MB
Making comparisons 3:32 2.8 MB
Understanding events 8:46 8.2 MB

3. Starting to Code

Writing your first script 4:02 4.6 MB
Internal vs. external scripts 5:34 6.4 MB
Using comments in scripts 4:40 5.1 MB
Using the noscript tag in HTML 2:09 3 MB

4. Interacting with Users

Creating alert dialogs 2:33 2.5 MB
Understanding conditional statements 5:05 5.2 MB
Getting confirmations from users 2:40 2.8 MB
Creating prompts for users 4:26 4.4 MB
Understanding functions 7:56 7.5 MB
Making links smarter 8:02 8.4 MB
Using switch/case statements 5:39 5.2 MB
Handling errors 8:10 7.3 MB

5. JavaScript Language Essentials

Getting started 2:40 4.8 MB
Creating loops 5:24 5.6 MB
Passing values to functions 4:13 5.4 MB
Detecting objects 5:23 6.2 MB
Reading arrays 5:52 6.8 MB
Returning values from functions 4:05 5.6 MB
Writing arrays 5:11 6.2 MB
Building do and while loops 4:27 6.2 MB
Re-using functions 5:39 7.2 MB

6. Creating Rollovers and More

Creating a basic image rollover 6:00 6.8 MB
How to write a better rollover 13:46 16.8 MB
Creating a three-state rollover 4:40 5.6 MB
Making rollovers accessible and 508 compliant 6:01 7.9 MB
Making disjointed rollovers 8:28 10.5 MB
Creating slideshows 8:19 10 MB
Displaying random images 4:51 6.5 MB

7. Building Smarter Forms

Getting started 4:45 8.3 MB
Creating jump menus 7:36 9.4 MB
Creating dynamic menus 7:42 10.1 MB
Requiring fields 13:01 15.9 MB
Cross-checking fields 5:53 7.3 MB
Displaying more informative errors 4:17 4.9 MB
Verifying radio button selections 5:48 7.2 MB
Setting one field with another field 4:24 6.4 MB
Verifying email addresses 8:56 11.1 MB

8. Handling Events

Responding to window events 7:42 9.1 MB
Responding to mouse movements 5:59 7.8 MB
Responding to mouse clicks 3:00 4.3 MB
Responding to onBlur form events 3:48 3.9 MB
Responding to onFocus form events 3:05 3.3 MB
Responding to keyboard events 5:08 6.7 MB

9. Working with Cookies

Demystifying cookies 7:28 7.8 MB
Writing a cookie 6:06 6.3 MB
Reading a cookie 3:15 3.8 MB
Displaying a cookie 5:13 5.2 MB
Counting with cookies 6:26 6.7 MB
Deleting cookies 5:07 6.4 MB
Handling multiple cookies 6:13 9 MB
Cookies in action 9:50 14.5 MB

10. The DOM, Nodes, and Objects

Understanding the DOM 4:56 11.2 MB
Adding nodes to the DOM 6:49 6.8 MB
Deleting nodes from the DOM 5:12 6.6 MB
Deleting specific nodes 7:26 11.2 MB
Inserting nodes into the DOM 3:49 5.2 MB
Replacing nodes in the DOM 3:34 6.1 MB

11. Working with Dates and Times

Displaying dates 5:02 7.5 MB
Displaying times 4:54 6.4 MB
Creating a countdown 6:16 8.2 MB

12. Real World Applications of JavaScript

Creating sliding menus 7:04 8.4 MB
Creating pop-up menus 6:11 10.1 MB
Creating slideshows with captions 5:54 10.1 MB
Creating a stylesheet switcher 10:49 17.4 MB

Conclusion

Additional resources 1:34 3.3 MB
Goodbye! 0:18 0.5 MB