Object-Oriented JavaScript Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• A Bit of History
• The Winds of Change
• The Present
• The Future
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Objects
• Classes
• Encapsulation
• Aggregation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• OOP Summary
• Setting up Your Training Environment
• Getting the Tools You Need
• Using the Firebug Console
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions
• Variables
• Variables are Case Sensitive
• Operators
• Primitive Data Types
• Finding out the Value Type —the typeof Operator
• Numbers
• Octal and Hexadecimal Numbers
• Exponent Literals
• Infinity
• NaN
• Strings
• String Conversions
• Special Strings
• Booleans
• Logical Operators
• Operator Precedence
• Lazy Evaluation
• Comparison
• Undefined and null
• Primitive Data Types Recap
• Arrays
• Adding/Updating Array Elements
• Deleting Elements
• Arrays of arrays
• Conditions and Loops
• Code Blocks
• if Conditions
• Checking if a Variable Exists
• Alternative if Syntax
• Switch
• Loops
• While Loops
• Do-while loops
• For Loops
• For-in Loops
• Comments
• Summary
• Exercises

• Chapter 3: Functions
• What is a Function?
• Calling a Function
• Parameters
• Pre-defined Functions
• parseInt()
• parseFloat()
• isNaN()
• isFinite()
• Encode/Decode URIs
• eval()
• A Bonus—the alert() Function
• Scope of Variables
• Functions are Data
• Anonymous Functions
• Callback Functions
• Callback Examples
• Self-invoking Functions
• Inner (Private) Functions
• Functions that Return Functions
• Function, Rewrite Thyself!
• Closures
• Scope Chain
• Lexical Scope
• Breaking the Chain with a Closure
• Closure #1
• Closure #2
• A Definition and Closure #3
• Closures in a Loop
• Getter/Setter
• Iterator
• Summary
• Exercises

• Chapter 4: Objects
• From Arrays to Objects
• Elements, Properties, Methods
• Hashes, Associative Arrays
• Accessing Object's Properties
• Calling an Object's Methods
• Altering Properties/Methods
• Using this Value
• Constructor Functions
• The Global Object
• constructor Property
• instanceof Operator
• Functions that Return Objects
• Passing Objects
• Comparing Objects
• Objects in the Firebug Console
• Built-in Objects
• Object
• Array
• Interesting Array Methods
• Function
• Properties of the Function Objects
• Methods of the Function Objects
• The arguments Object Revisited
• Boolean
• Number
• String
• Interesting Methods of the String Objects
• Math
• Date
• Methods to Work with Date Objects
• RegExp
• Properties of the RegExp Objects
• Methods of the RegExp Objects
• String Methods that Accept Regular Expressions as Parameters
• search() and match()
• replace()
• Replace callbacks
• split()
• Passing a String When a regexp is Expected
• Summary
• Exercises

• Chapter 5: Prototype
• The prototype Property
• Adding Methods and Properties Using the Prototype
• Using the Prototype's Methods and Properties
• Own Properties versus prototype Properties
• Overwriting Prototype's Property with Own Property
• Enumerating Properties
• isPrototypeOf()
• The Secret __proto__ Link
• Augmenting Built-in Objects
• Augmenting Built-in Objects—Discussion
• Some Prototype gotchas
• Summary
• Exercises

• Chapter 6: Inheritance
• Prototype Chaining
• Prototype Chaining Example
• Moving Shared Properties to the Prototype
• Inheriting the Prototype Only
• A Temporary Constructor—new F()
• Uber—Access to the Parent from a Child Object
• Isolating the Inheritance Part into a Function
• Copying Properties
• Heads-up When Copying by Reference
• Objects Inherit from Objects
• Deep Copy
• object()
• Using a Mix of Prototypal Inheritance and Copying Properties
• Multiple Inheritance
• Mixins
• Parasitic Inheritance
• Borrowing a Constructor
• Borrow a Constructor and Copy its Prototype
• Summary
• Case Study: Drawing Shapes
• Analysis
• Implementation
• Testing
• Exercises

• Chapter 7: The Browser Environment
• Including JavaScript in an HTML Page
• BOM and DOM—An Overview
• BOM
• The window Object Revisited
• window.navigator
• Firebug as a Cheat Sheet
• window.location
• window.history
• window.frames
• window.screen
• window.open()/close()
• window.moveTo(), window.resizeTo()
• window.alert(), window.prompt(), window.confirm()
• window.setTimeout(), window.setInterval()
• window.document
• DOM
• Core DOM and HTML DOM
• Accessing DOM Nodes
• The document Node
• documentElement
• Child Nodes
• Attributes
• Accessing the Content Inside a Tag
• DOM Access Shortcuts
• Siblings, Body, First, and Last Child
• Walk the DOM
• Modifying DOM Nodes
• Modifying Styles
• Fun with Forms
• Creating New Nodes
• DOM-only Method
• cloneNode()
• insertBefore()
• Removing Nodes
• HTML-Only DOM Objects
• Primitive Ways to Access the Document
• document.write()
• Cookies, Title, Referrer, Domain
• Events
• Inline HTML Attributes
• Element Properties
• DOM Event Listeners
• Capturing and Bubbling
• Stop Propagation
• Prevent Default Behavior
• Cross-Browser Event Listeners
• Types of Events
• XMLHttpRequest
• Send the Request
• Process the Response
• Creating XMLHttpRequest Objects in IE prior to version 7
• A is for Asynchronous
• X is for XML
• An Example
• Summary
• Exercises

• Chapter 8: Coding and Design Patterns
• Coding Patterns
• Separating Behavior
• Content
• Presentation
• Behavior
• Example of Separating Behavior
• Namespaces
• An Object as a Namespace
• Namespaced Constructors
• A namespace() Method
• Init-Time Branching
• Lazy Definition
• Configuration Object
• Private Properties and Methods
• Privileged Methods
• Private Functions as Public Methods
• Self-Executing Functions
• Chaining
• JSON
• Design Patterns
• Singleton
• Singleton 2
• Global Variable
• Property of the Constructor
• In a Private Property
• Factory
• Decorator
• Decorating a Christmas Tree
• Observer
• Summary

• Appendix A: Reserved Words
• Keywords
• Future Reserved Words

• Appendix B: Built-in Functions

• Appendix C: Built-in Objects
• Object
• Members of the Object Constructor
• Members of the Objects Created by the Object Constructor
• Array
• Members of the Array Objects
• Function
• Members of the Function Objects
• Boolean
• Number
• Members of the Number Constructor
• Members of the Number Objects
• String
• Members of the String Constructor
• Members of the String Objects
• Date
• Members of the Date Constructor
• Members of the Date Objects
• Math
• Members of the Math Object
• RegExp
• Members of RegExp Objects
• Error Objects
• Members of the Error Objects

• Appendix D: Regular Expressions

• Index