JavaScript · The Definitive Guide · 6th Edition by Flanagan, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

Preface

Conventions Used in This Book Example Code Errata and How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to JavaScript

Core JavaScript Client-Side JavaScript

Example: A JavaScript Loan Calculator

I. Core JavaScript

2. Lexical Structure

Character Set

Case Sensitivity Whitespace, Line Breaks, and Format Control Characters Unicode Escape Sequences Normalization

Comments Literals Identifiers and Reserved Words

Reserved Words

Optional Semicolons

3. Types, Values, and Variables

Numbers

Integer Literals Floating-Point Literals Arithmetic in JavaScript Binary Floating-Point and Rounding Errors Dates and Times

Text

String Literals Escape Sequences in String Literals Working with Strings Pattern Matching

Boolean Values null and undefined The Global Object Wrapper Objects Immutable Primitive Values and Mutable Object References Type Conversions

Conversions and Equality Explicit Conversions Object to Primitive Conversions

Variable Declaration

Repeated and Omitted Declarations

Variable Scope

Function Scope and Hoisting Variables As Properties The Scope Chain

4. Expressions and Operators

Primary Expressions Object and Array Initializers Function Definition Expressions Property Access Expressions Invocation Expressions Object Creation Expressions Operator Overview

Number of Operands Operand and Result Type Lvalues Operator Side Effects Operator Precedence Operator Associativity Order of Evaluation

Arithmetic Expressions

The + Operator Unary Arithmetic Operators Bitwise Operators

Relational Expressions

Equality and Inequality Operators Comparison Operators The in Operator The instanceof Operator

Logical Expressions

Logical AND (&&) Logical OR (||) Logical NOT (!)

Assignment Expressions

Assignment with Operation

Evaluation Expressions

eval() Global eval() Strict eval()

Miscellaneous Operators

The Conditional Operator (?:) The typeof Operator The delete Operator The void Operator The Comma Operator (,)

5. Statements

Expression Statements Compound and Empty Statements Declaration Statements

var function

Conditionals

if else if switch

Loops

while do/while for for/in

Property enumeration order

Jumps

Labeled Statements break continue return throw try/catch/finally

Miscellaneous Statements

with debugger “use strict”

Summary of JavaScript Statements

6. Objects

Creating Objects

Object Literals Creating Objects with new Prototypes Object.create()

Querying and Setting Properties

Objects As Associative Arrays Inheritance Property Access Errors

Deleting Properties Testing Properties Enumerating Properties Property Getters and Setters Property Attributes

Legacy API for Getters and Setters

Object Attributes

The prototype Attribute The class Attribute The extensible Attribute

Serializing Objects Object Methods

The toString() Method The toLocaleString() Method The toJSON() Method The valueOf() Method

7. Arrays

Creating Arrays Reading and Writing Array Elements Sparse Arrays Array Length Adding and Deleting Array Elements Iterating Arrays Multidimensional Arrays Array Methods

join() reverse() sort() concat() slice() splice() push() and pop() unshift() and shift() toString() and toLocaleString()

ECMAScript 5 Array Methods

forEach() map() filter() every() and some() reduce(), reduceRight() indexOf() and lastIndexOf()

Array Type Array-Like Objects Strings As Arrays

8. Functions

Defining Functions

Nested Functions

Invoking Functions

Function Invocation Method Invocation Constructor Invocation Indirect Invocation

Function Arguments and Parameters

Optional Parameters Variable-Length Argument Lists: The Arguments Object

The callee and caller properties

Using Object Properties As Arguments Argument Types

Functions As Values

Defining Your Own Function Properties

Functions As Namespaces Closures Function Properties, Methods, and Constructor

The length Property The prototype Property The call() and apply() Methods The bind() Method The toString() Method The Function() Constructor Callable Objects

Functional Programming

Processing Arrays with Functions Higher-Order Functions Partial Application of Functions Memoization

9. Classes and Modules

Classes and Prototypes Classes and Constructors

Constructors and Class Identity The constructor Property

Java-Style Classes in JavaScript Augmenting Classes Classes and Types

The instanceof operator The constructor property The Constructor Name Duck-Typing

Object-Oriented Techniques in JavaScript

Example: A Set Class Example: Enumerated Types Standard Conversion Methods Comparison Methods Borrowing Methods Private State Constructor Overloading and Factory Methods

Subclasses

Defining a Subclass Constructor and Method Chaining Composition Versus Subclassing Class Hierarchies and Abstract Classes

Classes in ECMAScript 5

Making Properties Nonenumerable Defining Immutable Classes Encapsulating Object State Preventing Class Extensions Subclasses and ECMAScript 5 Property Descriptors

Modules

Objects As Namespaces Function Scope As a Private Namespace

10. Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions

Defining Regular Expressions

Literal Characters Character Classes Repetition

Nongreedy repetition

Alternation, Grouping, and References Specifying Match Position Flags

String Methods for Pattern Matching The RegExp Object

RegExp Properties RegExp Methods

11. JavaScript Subsets and Extensions

JavaScript Subsets

The Good Parts Subsets for Security

Constants and Scoped Variables Destructuring Assignment Iteration

The for/each Loop Iterators Generators Array Comprehensions Generator Expressions

Shorthand Functions Multiple Catch Clauses E4X: ECMAScript for XML

12. Server-Side JavaScript

Scripting Java with Rhino

Rhino Example

Asynchronous I/O with Node

Node Example: HTTP Server Node Example: HTTP Client Utilities Module

II. Client-Side JavaScript

13. JavaScript in Web Browsers

Client-Side JavaScript

JavaScript in Web Documents JavaScript in Web Applications

Embedding JavaScript in HTML

The <script> Element Scripts in External Files Script Type Event Handlers in HTML JavaScript in URLs

Bookmarklets

Execution of JavaScript Programs

Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Deferred Scripts Event-Driven JavaScript Client-Side JavaScript Threading Model Client-Side JavaScript Timeline

Compatibility and Interoperability

Compatibility Libraries Graded Browser Support Feature Testing Quirks Mode and Standards Mode Browser Testing Conditional Comments in Internet Explorer

Accessibility Security

What JavaScript Can’t Do The Same-Origin Policy

Relaxing the same-origin policy

Scripting Plug-ins and ActiveX Controls Cross-Site Scripting Denial-of-Service Attacks

Client-Side Frameworks

14. The Window Object

Timers Browser Location and Navigation

Parsing URLs Loading New Documents

Browsing History Browser and Screen Information

The Navigator Object The Screen Object

Dialog Boxes Error Handling Document Elements As Window Properties Multiple Windows and Frames

Opening and Closing Windows

Closing windows

Relationships Between Frames JavaScript in Interacting Windows

15. Scripting Documents

Overview of the DOM Selecting Document Elements

Selecting Elements By ID Selecting Elements by Name Selecting Elements by Type Selecting Elements by CSS Class Selecting Elements with CSS Selectors document.all[]

Document Structure and Traversal

Documents As Trees of Nodes Documents As Trees of Elements

Attributes

HTML Attributes As Element Properties Getting and Setting Non-HTML Attributes Dataset Attributes Attributes As Attr Nodes

Element Content

Element Content As HTML Element Content As Plain Text Element Content As Text Nodes

Creating, Inserting, and Deleting Nodes

Creating Nodes Inserting Nodes Removing and Replacing Nodes Using DocumentFragments

Example: Generating a Table of Contents Document and Element Geometry and Scrolling

Document Coordinates and Viewport Coordinates Querying the Geometry of an Element Determining the Element at a Point Scrolling More on Element Size, Position and Overflow

HTML Forms

Selecting Forms and Form Elements Form and Element Properties Form and Element Event Handlers Push Buttons Toggle Buttons Text Fields Select and Option Elements

Other Document Features

Document Properties The document.write() Method Querying Selected Text Editable Content

16. Scripting CSS

Overview of CSS

The Cascade CSS History Shortcut Properties Nonstandard Properties CSS Example

Important CSS Properties

Positioning Elements with CSS

The third dimension: z-index CSS positioning example: Shadowed text

Borders, Margins and Padding The CSS Box Model and Positioning Details

The border-box model and the box-sizing property

Element Display and Visibility Color, Transparency, and Translucency Partial Visibility: overflow and clip Example: Overlapping Translucent Windows

Scripting Inline Styles

CSS Animations

Querying Computed Styles Scripting CSS Classes Scripting Stylesheets

Enabling and Disabling Stylesheets Querying, Inserting and Deleting Stylesheet Rules Creating New Stylesheets

17. Handling Events

Types of Events

Legacy Event Types

Form events Window events Mouse events Key events

DOM Events HTML5 Events Touchscreen and Mobile Events

Registering Event Handlers

Setting Event Handler Properties Setting Event Handler Attributes addEventListener() attachEvent()

Event Handler Invocation

Event Handler Argument Event Handler Context Event Handler Scope Handler Return Value Invocation Order Event Propagation Event Cancellation

Document Load Events Mouse Events Mousewheel Events Drag and Drop Events Text Events Keyboard Events

18. Scripted HTTP

Using XMLHttpRequest

Specifying the Request Retrieving the Response

Synchronous responses Decoding the response

Encoding the Request Body

Form-encoded requests JSON-encoded requests XML-encoded requests Uploading a file multipart/form-data requests

HTTP Progress Events

Upload progress events

Aborting Requests and Timeouts Cross-Origin HTTP Requests

HTTP by <script>: JSONP Comet with Server-Sent Events

19. The jQuery Library

jQuery Basics

The jQuery() Function Queries and Query Results

jQuery Getters and Setters

Getting and Setting HTML Attributes Getting and Setting CSS Attributes Getting and Setting CSS Classes Getting and Setting HTML Form Values Getting and Setting Element Content Getting and Setting Element Geometry Getting and Setting Element Data

Altering Document Structure

Inserting and Replacing Elements Copying Elements Wrapping Elements Deleting Elements

Handling Events with jQuery

Simple Event Handler Registration jQuery Event Handlers The jQuery Event Object Advanced Event Handler Registration Deregistering Event Handlers Triggering Events Custom Events Live Events

Animated Effects

Simple Effects Custom Animations

The animation properties object The animation options object

Canceling, Delaying, and Queuing Effects

Ajax with jQuery

The load() Method Ajax Utility Functions

jQuery.getScript() jQuery.getJSON() jQuery.get() and jQuery.post()

The jQuery.ajax() Function

Common Options Callbacks Uncommon options and hooks

Ajax Events

Utility Functions jQuery Selectors and Selection Methods

jQuery Selectors

Simple selectors Selector combinations Selector groups

Selection Methods

Using a selection as context Reverting to a previous selection

Extending jQuery with Plug-ins The jQuery UI Library

20. Client-Side Storage

localStorage and sessionStorage

Storage Lifetime and Scope Storage API Storage Events

Cookie Attributes: Lifetime and Scope Storing Cookies Reading Cookies Cookie Limitations Storage with Cookies

IE userData Persistence Application Storage and Offline Webapps

The Application Cache Manifest

Complex manifests

Cache Updates Offline Web Applications

21. Scripted Media and Graphics

Scripting Images

Unobtrusive Image Rollovers

Scripting Audio and Video

Type Selection and Loading Controlling Media Playback Querying Media Status Media Events

SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics Graphics in a <canvas>

Drawing Lines and Filling Polygons Graphics Attributes Canvas Dimensions and Coordinates Coordinate System Transforms

Understanding transformations mathematically Transformation example

Drawing and Filling Curves Rectangles Colors, Transparency, Gradients, and Patterns Line Drawing Attributes Text Clipping Shadows Images Compositing Pixel Manipulation Hit Detection Canvas Example: Sparklines

22. HTML5 APIs

Geolocation History Management Cross-Origin Messaging Web Workers

Worker Objects Worker Scope Web Worker Examples

Typed Arrays and ArrayBuffers Blobs

Files As Blobs Downloading Blobs Building Blobs Blob URLs Reading Blobs

The Filesystem API Client-Side Databases Web Sockets

III. Core JavaScript Reference

I. Core JavaScript Reference

arguments[ ] Arguments Arguments.callee Arguments.length Array Array.concat() Array.every() Array.filter() Array.forEach() Array.indexOf() Array.join() Array.lastIndexOf() Array.length Array.map() Array.pop() Array.push() Array.reduce() Array.reduceRight() Array.reverse() Array.shift() Array.slice() Array.some() Array.sort() Array.splice() Array.toLocaleString() Array.toString() Array.unshift() Boolean Boolean.toString() Boolean.valueOf() Date Date.getDate() Date.getDay() Date.getFullYear() Date.getHours() Date.getMilliseconds() Date.getMinutes() Date.getMonth() Date.getSeconds() Date.getTime() Date.getTimezoneOffset() Date.getUTCDate() Date.getUTCDay() Date.getUTCFullYear() Date.getUTCHours() Date.getUTCMilliseconds() Date.getUTCMinutes() Date.getUTCMonth() Date.getUTCSeconds() Date.getYear() Date.now() Date.parse() Date.setDate() Date.setFullYear() Date.setHours() Date.setMilliseconds() Date.setMinutes() Date.setMonth() Date.setSeconds() Date.setTime() Date.setUTCDate() Date.setUTCFullYear() Date.setUTCHours() Date.setUTCMilliseconds() Date.setUTCMinutes() Date.setUTCMonth() Date.setUTCSeconds() Date.setYear() Date.toDateString() Date.toGMTString() Date.toISOString() Date.toJSON Date.toLocaleDateString() Date.toLocaleString() Date.toLocaleTimeString() Date.toString() Date.toTimeString() Date.toUTCString() Date.UTC() Date.valueOf() decodeURI() decodeURIComponent() encodeURI() encodeURIComponent() Error Error.message Error.name Error.toString() escape() eval() EvalError Function Function.apply() Function.arguments[] Function.bind() Function.call() Function.caller Function.length Function.prototype Function.toString() Global Infinity isFinite() isNaN() JSON JSON.parse() JSON.stringify() Math Math.abs() Math.acos() Math.asin() Math.atan() Math.atan2() Math.ceil() Math.cos() Math.E Math.exp() Math.floor() Math.LN10 Math.LN2 Math.log() Math.LOG10E Math.LOG2E Math.max() Math.min() Math.PI Math.pow() Math.random() Math.round() Math.sin() Math.sqrt() Math.SQRT1_2 Math.SQRT2 Math.tan() NaN Number Number.MAX_VALUE Number.MIN_VALUE Number.NaN Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY Number.toExponential() Number.toFixed() Number.toLocaleString() Number.toPrecision() Number.toString() Number.valueOf() Object Object.constructor Object.create() Object.defineProperties() Object.defineProperty() Object.freeze() Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() Object.getOwnPropertyNames() Object.getPrototypeOf() Object.hasOwnProperty() Object.isExtensible() Object.isFrozen() Object.isPrototypeOf() Object.isSealed() Object.keys() Object.preventExtensions() Object.propertyIsEnumerable() Object.seal() Object.toLocaleString() Object.toString() Object.valueOf() parseFloat() parseInt() RangeError ReferenceError RegExp RegExp.exec() RegExp.global RegExp.ignoreCase RegExp.lastIndex RegExp.source RegExp.test() RegExp.toString() String String.charAt() String.charCodeAt() String.concat() String.fromCharCode() String.indexOf() String.lastIndexOf() String.length String.localeCompare() String.match() String.replace() String.search() String.slice() String.split() String.substr() String.substring() String.toLocaleLowerCase() String.toLocaleUpperCase() String.toLowerCase() String.toString() String.toUpperCase() String.trim() String.valueOf() SyntaxError TypeError undefined unescape() URIError

IV. Client-Side JavaScript Reference

II. Client-Side JavaScript Reference

ApplicationCache ArrayBuffer ArrayBufferView Attr Audio BeforeUnloadEvent Blob BlobBuilder Button Canvas CanvasGradient CanvasPattern CanvasRenderingContext2D ClientRect CloseEvent Comment Console ConsoleCommandLine CSS2Properties CSSRule CSSStyleDeclaration CSSStyleSheet DataTransfer DataView Document DocumentFragment DocumentType DOMException DOMImplementation DOMSettableTokenList DOMTokenList Element ErrorEvent Event EventSource EventTarget FieldSet File FileError FileReader FileReaderSync Form FormControl FormData FormValidity Geocoordinates Geolocation GeolocationError Geoposition HashChangeEvent History HTMLCollection HTMLDocument HTMLElement HTMLFormControlsCollection HTMLOptionsCollection IFrame Image ImageData Input jQuery KeyEvent Label Link Location MediaElement MediaError MessageChannel MessageEvent MessagePort Meter MouseEvent Navigator Node NodeList Option Output PageTransitionEvent PopStateEvent ProcessingInstruction Progress ProgressEvent Screen Script Select Storage StorageEvent Style Table TableCell TableRow TableSection Text TextArea TextMetrics TimeRanges TypedArray URL Video WebSocket Window Worker WorkerGlobalScope WorkerLocation WorkerNavigator XMLHttpRequest XMLHttpRequestUpload

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