本书是一部优秀的、注重实践的JavaScript教程。作者首先概览了JavaScript，包括它的语法、良好的编码习惯、DOM编程原则等；然后构建了JavaScript工具包，包括动态操作标记、使用CSS和DOM修改页面风格、验证表单、处理图像等；接着通过一个完整的案例研究阐明了如何使用多种JavaScript 技术协同工作；最后单独设计一章来讲述第三方示例，演示了YUI 和 jQuery JavaScript库的使用。本书适合初级和中级水平的JavaScript开发人员阅读，可作为高等院校计算机专业的JavaScript课程教材。

1 Reacting to the virtual world

2 Everything has its place

3 Browser spelunking

4 If there's a fork in the road, take it

5 At the risk of repeating myself

6 Reduce, reuse, recycle

7 Getting the user to tell all

8 Slicing and dicing html with the dom

9 Objects as frankendata

10 Having it your way with custom bojects

11 Good scripts gone wrong

12 Touchy-feely web applications