Head First JavaScript or HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference

Head First JavaScript

Author: Michael Morrison

So you're ready to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages to creating dynamic web applications. You want to take your web skills to the next level. And you're finally ready to add "programmer" to the resume. It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScript is your ticket to going beyond copying and pasting the code from someone else's web site, and writing your own interactive web pages. With Head First JavaScript, you learn: The basics of programming, from variables to types to looping How the web browser runs your code, and how you can talk to the browser with your code Why you'll never have to worry about casting, overloading, or polymorphism when you're writing JavaScript code How to use the Document Object Model to change your web pages without making your users click buttons If you've ever read a Head First book, you know what to expect -- a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. Head First JavaScript is no exception. It starts where HTML and CSS leave off, and takes you through your first program into more complex programming concepts -- like working directly with the web browser's object model and writing code that works on all modern browsers. Don't be intimidated if you've never written a line of code before! In typical Head First style, Head First JavaScript doesn't skip steps, and we're not interested in having you cut and paste code. You'll learn JavaScript, understand it, and have a blast along the way. So get ready... dynamic and exciting web pages are just pages away.

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HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference Series)

Author: Jennifer Niederst Robbins

HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, Third Edition, is an indispensable reference for every web designer, developer, and programmer. Compact yet comprehensive, this new edition has quick, ready answers when you're working with web standards.

Based on updates to the best-selling Web Design in a Nutshell, this book features:

• An alphabetical listing of every element and attribute in the HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 recommendations
• Descriptions and markup examples
• Useful charts of character entities and DOCTYPE declarations
• A brief summary of HTML and XHTML fundamentals, including key differences

Table of Contents:

	HTML and XHTML fundamentals	1
	How XHTML differs from HTML	2
	Three versions of (X)HTML	3
	Minimal document structure	4
	DOCTYPEs for available DTDs	5
	Alphabetical list of elements	6
	Common attributes and events	7
	(X)HTML elements	10
	Character entitites	80
	ASCII character set	81
	Nonstandard entities (‚-Ÿ)	83
	Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1)	83
	Latin extended-A	88
	Latin extended-B	88
	Spacing modifier letters	88
	Greek	88
	General punctuation	90
	Letter-like symbols	92
	Arrows	92
	Mathematical operators	93
	Miscellaneous technical symbols	95
	Geometric shapes	95
	Miscellaneous symbols	95
	Specifying color	95
	RGB values	96
	Standard color names	97