CIW: JavaScript Specialist

Introduction to JavaScript

• Introduction to Scripting
• JavaScript Characteristics
• JavaScript and Common Programming Concepts
• JavaScript Flavors and Versions
• Server-Side vs. Client-Side Applications
• Annotating Your Code with Comments
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Working with Variables and Data in JavaScript

• Using JavaScript to Communicate with the User
• Using Data More Than Once: Variables
• JavaScript Expressions
• JavaScript Operators
• Inline Scripting, Simple User Events, and Basic Event Handlers
• JavaScript Keywords and Reserved Words
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Functions, Methods and Events in JavaScript

• Introduction to Functions
• Defining a Function
• Calling a Function
• User Events and JavaScript Event Handlers
• Methods as Functions
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Controlling Program Flow in JavaScript

• Controlling Decisional Program Flow
• The if...else Statement
• The while Statement
• The do...while Statement
• The for Statement
• The break Statement
• The continue Statement
• The switch Statement
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

The JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM)

• The JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM)
• The window Object
• The document Object
• The with Statement
• The image Object
• The history Object
• The location Object
• The navigator Object
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

JavaScript Language Objects

• Introduction to JavaScript Language Objects
• The String Object
• Evaluating Strings
• JavaScript Regular Expressions
• The Array Object
• The Date Object
• Setting and Extracting Time Information
• The Math Object
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Developing Interactive Forms with JavaScript

• Interactive Forms
• Overview of Form Elements
• Referring to Form Elements
• The form Object
• The button Object
• The checkbox Object
• The text and textarea Objects
• The radio Object
• The select Object
• Form Validation
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

JavaScript Security

• Introduction to JavaScript Security Issues
• Browser vs. Operating System
• Browser-Specific Security Issues
• Browser Compatibility and Client-Side Detection
• Script Blocking
• Differences in document.write Among Browsers
• Malicious and Accidental Coding
• Frame-to-Frame URL Changing
• Signed Scripts
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• Cookies and Security in JavaScript
• Creating Secure JavaScript Code
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Custom JavaScript Objects

• Creating Custom Objects
• Creating a JavaScript Object: The Constructor
• Creating an Instance of a Custom Object
• Creating Object Methods
• Creating Functions for Your Objects
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Changing X/HTML on the Fly

• Changing X/HTML on the Fly
• Using the getElementById Method
• Using the getElementsByName Method
• Using the getElementsByTagName Method
• Modifying Attributes within the DOM
• Appending Text to the DOM
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

JavaScript Libraries

• Introduction to JavaScript Libraries
• Choosing a Code Library
• External and Pre-Made Scripts
• Loading Your First Library
• Using JavaScript Library Plug-ins
• Best Practices with JavaScript Libraries
• Copyright Issues and JavaScript
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

JavaScript and AJAX

• Introduction to AJAX
• Introduction to XML
• Interactions Among JavaScript, XML and XHTML
• Using AJAX Scripts
• AJAX and Servers
• AJAX and Databases
• Usability Issues with AJAX
• Combining AJAX with Libraries
• Alternatives to XML-based AJAX
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Debugging and Troubleshooting JavaScript

• What Is Debugging?
• Tools for Debugging Code
• Testing Code in Various Browsers
• Debugging Logic Errors
• JavaScript and Mobile Devices
• Lesson Summary
• Optional Lab

Appendix A: CIW JavaScript Specialist Objectives and Locations

Appendix B: XHTML 1.0 / HTML 4.01 Elements and Attributes

Appendix C: JavaScript and Active Content

• Java Applets

Appendix D: JavaScript Operator Precedence

Appendix E: Pass By Value and By Reference in JavaScript

• Pass By Value vs. Pass By Reference

Appendix F: The JavaScript sort() Method and Arrays

• The sort() Method

Appendix G: JavaScript and Image Maps

• Creating Image Maps with X/HTML

Appendix H: Complex Custom Objects in JavaScript

• Creating Complex Custom Objects in JavaScript

Appendix J: Metadata and the Web

• Metadata

Appendix K: Color Names and Values

Appendix L: X/HTML Frames and JavaScript

• Targeting Frames in X/HTML
• Targeting Windows with JavaScript
• Windows, Functions and Variables

Appendix M: JavaScript Resources

• Online Resources

Appendix N: Works Consulted

• Books
• Online Resources