Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide

• About this Guide
  • New features in JavaScript 1.5
  • New features in later versions of JavaScript
  • What you should already know
  • JavaScript versions
  • Where to find JavaScript information
  • Document conventions
• JavaScript Overview
  • What is JavaScript?
  • JavaScript and Java
  • JavaScript and the ECMAScript Specification
    • Relationship between JavaScript and ECMAScript Editions
    • JavaScript Documentation versus the ECMAScript Specification
    • JavaScript and ECMAScript Terminology
• Core Language Features
  • Values
    • Data Type Conversion
  • Variables
    • Declaring Variables
    • Evaluating Variables
    • Variable Scope
    • Global Variables
  • Constants
  • Literals
    • Array Literals
    • Boolean Literals
    • Integers
    • Floating-Point Literals
    • Object Literals
    • String Literals
  • Unicode
    • Unicode compatibility with ASCII and ISO
    • Unicode escape sequences
    • Unicode characters in JavaScript files
    • Displaying characters with Unicode
• Expressions and Operators
  • Expressions
  • Operators
    • Assignment Operators
    • Comparison Operators
    • Arithmetic Operators
    • Bitwise Operators
    • Logical Operators
    • String Operators
    • Special Operators
    • Operator Precedence
• Regular Expressions
  • Creating a Regular Expression
  • Writing a Regular Expression Pattern
    • Using Simple Patterns
    • Using Special Characters
    • Using Parentheses
  • Working with Regular Expressions
    • Using Parenthesized Substring Matches
    • Executing a Global Search, Ignoring Case, and Considering Multiline Input
    • Examples
• Statements
  • Block Statement
  • Conditional Statements
    • if...else Statement
    • switch Statement
  • Loop Statements
    • for Statement
    • do...while Statement
    • while Statement
    • label Statement
    • break Statement
    • continue Statement
  • Object Manipulation Statements
    • for...in Statement
    • with Statement
  • Comments
  • Exception Handling Statements
    • throw Statement
    • try...catch Statement
• Functions
  • Defining Functions
  • Calling Functions
  • Using the arguments Object
  • Predefined Functions
    • eval Function
    • isFinite Function
    • isNaN Function
    • parseInt and parseFloat Functions
    • Number and String Functions
    • escape and unescape Functions
• Working with Objects
  • Objects and Properties
  • Creating New Objects
    • Using Object Initializers
    • Using a Constructor Function
    • Indexing Object Properties
    • Defining Properties for an Object Type
    • Defining Methods
    • Using this for Object References
    • Defining Getters and Setters
    • Deleting Properties
  • Predefined Core Objects
    • Array Object
    • Boolean Object
    • Date Object
    • Function Object
    • Math Object
    • Number Object
    • RegExp Object
    • String Object
• Details of the Object Model
  • Class-Based vs. Prototype-Based Languages
    • Defining a Class
    • Subclasses and Inheritance
    • Adding and Removing Properties
    • Summary of Differences
  • The Employee Example
    • Creating the Hierarchy
    • Object Properties
      • Inheriting Properties
      • Adding Properties
    • More Flexible Constructors
  • Property Inheritance Revisited
    • Local versus Inherited Values
    • Determining Instance Relationships
    • Global Information in Constructors
    • No Multiple Inheritance
• LiveConnect Overview
  • Working with Wrappers
  • JavaScript to Java Communication
    • The Packages Object
    • Working with Java Arrays
    • Package and Class Reference
    • Arguments of Type char
    • Handling Java Exceptions in JavaScript
  • Java to JavaScript Communication
  • Using the LiveConnect Classes
  • Data Type Conversions
    • JavaScript to Java Conversions
    • Java to JavaScript Conversions