Javascript Fundamentals Tutorials

Javascript may be thought of as an extension of HTML. It is great way to make your web site come alive. Javascript allows you to create pop-up windows and games, manipulate images, insert digital clocks and counters, and more. Author Chris Rasmussen explains in great detail the ins and outs of these important web building blocks in this tutorial. Some of the many topics he covers include the "script" tag, variables, loops, and rollovers. Learn how to write and de-bug complex code, understand arrays and functions, object handlers and external JS files. Change a page on the fly and set and read cookies, to find out more watch our JavaScript 1.5 tutorials.

The links below are free Javascript tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University


Getting Started
 Introduction/Java vs. JavaScript
 JavaScript as a Language
 Programming Concepts
 JavaScript Advantages
 What You Need

Beginning JavaScript
 The "script" tag
 JavaScript Comments
 Document.write()
 Writing HTML with JavaScript

Alert, Confirms and Prompts
 Alert()
 Confirm()
 Errors and Case Sensitivity
 Prompt()
 Embedding prompt()

Variables
Variables and Variable Types
Variables, Part 2
Variables Exercise

Basic Math Functions
ParseInt()
Addition with Variables
ParseFloat()
Subtraction
Math.round()

More JavaScript Complexity
If/Then and Troubleshooting
Putting JavaScript in the HTML Body
JavaScript Functions and the onLoad Event
The onClick Event
Passing Arguments and onUnload()

Forms and JavaScript, Part 1
Forms and the Document Object Model
Referencing Forms and Elements by Name
The Checkbox
The For Loop

Forms and JavaScript, Part 2
Checking Radio Buttons
Using Radio Buttons to Make Decisions
Text Fields
The Do..While Loop
Confirm a Reset

JavaScript Goodies
Changing the Background Color
A Simple Calculator
Browser Detection
Browser Redirection/Global Variables
Rollovers, Part 1
Rollovers, Part 2
Disjointed Rollovers