JavaScript Guide

• About this Guide
  • New features in JavaScript versions
  • What you should already know
  • JavaScript versions
  • Where to find JavaScript information
  • Tips for learning JavaScript
    • An interactive interpreter
    • Firebug
  • 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
• Values, variables, and literals
  • Values
    • Data Type Conversion
    • Converting strings to numbers
      • parseInt() and parseFloat()
      • Plus operator
  • Variables
    • Declaring Variables
    • Evaluating Variables
    • Variable Scope
    • Global Variables
  • Constants
  • Literals
    • Array Literals
      • Extra commas in array literals
    • Boolean Literals
    • Integers
    • Floating-Point Literals
    • Object Literals
    • String Literals
      • Using special characters in strings
      • Escaping characters
  • Unicode
    • Unicode compatibility with ASCII and ISO
    • Unicode escape sequences
    • Unicode characters in JavaScript files
    • Displaying characters with Unicode
  • Resources
• Expressions and Operators
  • Expressions
  • Operators
    • Assignment Operators
    • Comparison Operators
    • Arithmetic Operators
    • Bitwise Operators
      • Bitwise logical operators
      • Bitwise shift operators
    • Logical Operators
      • Short-circuit evaluation
    • String Operators
    • Special Operators
      • Conditional operator
      • Comma operator
      • delete
      • in
      • instanceof
      • new
      • this
      • typeof
      • void
    • 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
      • Example 1
    • Advanced Searching With Flags
  • Examples
    • Changing the Order in an Input String
    • Using Special Characters to Verify Input
• 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
    • for each...in Statement
  • Comments
  • Exception Handling Statements
    • Exception Types
    • throw Statement
    • try...catch Statement
      • The catch Block
      • The finally Block
      • Nesting try...catch Statements
    • Utilizing Error objects
• Functions
  • Defining Functions
  • Calling Functions
  • Function scope
  • Closures
  • 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 overview
  • Objects and properties
  • Object everything
  • Enumerating all properties of an object
  • Creating New Objects
    • Using object initializers
    • Using a constructor function
    • Using the Object.create method
    • Inheritance
    • Indexing object properties
    • Defining properties for an object type
    • Defining methods
    • Using this for object references
    • Defining getters and setters
      • Obsolete syntaxes
      • Summary
      • See also
    • Deleting properties
  • See also
• Predefined Core Objects
  • Array Object
    • Creating an Array
    • Populating an Array
    • Referring to Array Elements
    • Understanding length
    • Iterating over arrays
    • Array Methods
    • Multi-Dimensional Arrays
    • Arrays and Regular Expressions
    • Working with Array-like objects
    • Array comprehensions
  • Boolean Object
  • Date Object
    • Methods of the Date Object
    • Using the Date Object: an Example
  • 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
• Inheritance revisited
  • Example
  • prototype and Object.getPrototypeOf
• Iterators and Generators
  • Iterators
  • Defining custom iterators
  • Generators: a better way to build Iterators
  • Advanced generators
  • Generator expressions
• Closures
  • Practical closures
  • Emulating private methods with closures
  • Creating closures in loops: A common mistake
  • Performance considerations
• LiveConnect Overview
  • Working with Wrappers
  • JavaScript to Java Communication
    • The Packages Object
    • Working with Java Arrays
    • Package and Class References
    • Arguments of Type char
    • Handling Java Exceptions in JavaScript
  • Java to JavaScript Communication
    • Locating the LiveConnect classes
    • Using the LiveConnect classes with the JDK
    • Using the LiveConnect Classes
  • Data Type Conversions
    • JavaScript to Java Conversions
    • Java to JavaScript Conversions