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Book III: Chapter 4: Using Alternative Positioning

Working with Absolute Positioning

Setting up the HTML

Adding position guidelines

Making absolute positioning work

Managing z-index

Handling depth

Working with z-index

Building a Page Layout with Absolute Positioning

Overview of absolute layout

Writing the XHTML

Adding the CSS

Creating a More Flexible Layout

Designing with percentages

Building the layout

Exploring Other Types of Positioning

Creating a fixed menu system

Setting up the XHTML

Setting the CSS values

Determining Your Layout Scheme

Book IV: Client-Side Programming with JavaScript

Book IV: Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript

Working in JavaScript

Choosing a JavaScript editor

Picking your test browser

Writing Your First JavaScript Program

Embedding your JavaScript code

Creating comments

Using the alert() method for output

Adding the semicolon

Introducing Variables

Creating a variable for data storage

Asking the user for information

Responding to the user

Using Concatenation to Build Better Greetings

Comparing literals and variables

Including spaces in your concatenated phrases

Understanding the String Object

Introducing object-based programming (and cows)

Investigating the length of a string

Using string methods to manipulate text

Understanding Variable Types

Adding numbers

Adding the user’s numbers

The trouble with dynamic data

The pesky plus sign

Changing Variables to the Desired Type

Using variable conversion tools

Fixing the addInput code

Book IV: Chapter 2: Making Decisions with Conditions

Working with Random Numbers

Creating an integer within a range

Building a program that rolls dice

Using if to Control Flow

The basic if statement

All about conditions

Comparison operators

Using the else Clause

Using if-else for more complex interaction

Solving the mystery of the unnecessary else

Using switch for More Complex Branches

Creating an expression

Switching with style

Nesting if Statements

Building the nested conditions

Making sense of nested ifs

Book IV: Chapter 3: Loops and Debugging

Building Counting Loops with for

Building a standard for loop

Counting backward

Counting by 5

Looping for a while

Creating a basic while loop

Avoiding loop mistakes

Introducing Bad Loops

Managing the reluctant loop

Managing the obsessive loop

Debugging Your Code

Letting Aptana help

Debugging JavaScript on Internet Explorer

Finding errors in Firefox

Finding errors with Firebug

Catching Logic Errors

Logging to the console with Firebug

Looking at console output

Using the Interactive Debug Mode

Setting up the Firebug debugger

Setting a breakpoint

Adding a debugger directive

Examining debug mode

Debugging your code

Book IV: Chapter 4: Functions, Arrays, and Objects

Breaking Code into Functions

Thinking about structure

Building the antsFunction.html program

Passing Data to and from Functions

Examining the main code

Looking at the chorus

Handling the verses

Managing Scope

Introducing local and global variables

Examining variable scope

Building a Basic Array

Accessing array data

Using arrays with for loops

Revisiting the ants song

Working with Two-Dimension Arrays

Setting up the arrays

Getting a city

Creating a main() function

Creating Your Own Objects

Building a basic object

Adding methods to an object

Building a reusable object

Using your shiny new objects

Introducing JSON

Storing data in JSON format

Building a more complex JSON structure

Book IV: Chapter 5: Talking to the Page

Understanding the Document Object Model

Navigating the DOM

Changing DOM properties with Firebug

Examining the document object

Harnessing the DOM through JavaScript

Getting the blues, JavaScript-style

Writing JavaScript code to change colors

Managing Button Events

Embedding quotes within quotes

Writing the changeColor function

Managing Text