Essential Skills–Made Easy!Create dynamic Web pages complete with special effects using today’s leading Web development language. JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide, Third Edition gives you step-by-step coverage of the fundamentals, including variables, functions, operators, event handlers, objects, arrays, strings, forms, and frames. You’ll also learn about more advanced techniques, including debugging and security. This hands-on guide explains how JavaScript works with XHTML Transitional and covers the new features available in JavaScript. Get started using JavaScript right away with help from this fast-paced tutorial. Designed for Easy Learning:

• Key Skills & Concepts–Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Ask the Expert–Q & A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Try This–Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Self Tests–End-of-chapter reviews to test your knowledge
• Annotated syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

John Pollock runs two Web sites devoted to Web development technology, PageResource.com and JavaScript City.