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Online JavaScript References

This section includes links to online references for the JavaScript language, document object model, DHTML, and more.
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Are JavaScript and Java the Same Language?
What is JavaScript? It's a popular programming language. This article will answer all your basic questions about what JavaScript is and how to use it.
A Brief History of Javascript
What is Javascript, who created it, and who controls the standards?
How Hard is JavaScript To Learn?
How difficult something is to learn depends on what you already know and how similar the new thing is to what you know.
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What is JavaScript Used For?
What is JavaScript used for? Just where does JavaScript fit into the overall picture when it comes to building web pages correctly? Learn more.
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Everything You Need to Learn JavaScript
Want to use JavaScript on your web pages? There are several alternatives.
JavaScript and JScript : What's the Difference?
JavaScript and JScript, different languages for different browsers.
Find When a Web Page Was Last Updated with This Command
Want to know when a web page you're on was last updated? Here's a JavaScript command you can use in your browser to display its last modified date.
Print Friendly Pages
The relationship between JavaScript and printer friendly web pages.
Quick JavaScript
Use JavaScript to make your page more interactive and dynamic. These scripts will show you how to do some simple things
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Why You Shouldn't Use JavaScript in Emails
Why not to use JavaScript with emails? Well there are some good reasons why JavaScript and Emails don't go together.
Object Oriented JavaScript
Introducing a series of tutorials on how and why to use an object oriented approach to writing JavaScript.
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Source Code
Source code refers to the programming instructions used to create an application.
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About.com Web Design - HTML, CSS, and Web Development
What 'structures' are used in structured programming?
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets or CSS allow you to control the layout and look of your page easily. CSS tags or properties are easy to use and affect the look and feel or style of your pages. Learn how to use CSS instead of older technology. The articles and links on this page will help you learn CSS and apply it to your Web designs.
About Perl
Running HTML Tidy is a good way to tidy up your HTML and correct a lot of the minor errors it may contain. You need to be careful though if your page also contains JavaScript as the tidy program may reformat your JavaScript as well breaking the code.
What time is it?
How to format time, however you want.
Java Software Programming Tutorials and Resources
This short quiz selects 5 questions at random from the 10 questions used in the Javascript quiz. It demonstrates the functioning of the random quiz addon.
A Simple Java Applet
Everything You Need to Know to Build Your First Java Applet
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to learn how to write, compile and run Java applets.
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Learn Modern Unobtrusive JavaScript
In JavaScript functions and methods are exactly the same thing as all functions are methods.
What is the DOM? Explaining the Document Object Model
Learn how to use the Document Object Model (DOM).
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How to Disable JavaScript in the Opera Web Browser
A step-by-step tutorial on how to disable JavaScript in the Opera Web browser for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
Learn Modern Unobtrusive JavaScript
Let's start looking at how to write modern unobtrusive JavaScript by looking at how to write an unobtrusive Hello World script
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A Quick Guide to Using Child Nodes in Java
The property allowing us to access the nodes contained within the current node is actually a nodelist since a node can of course contain more than one node.
How should the ID attribute be used in HTML?
The ID attribute is important because it provides a way to uniquely identify area of a Web page for CSS styles, anchor links, and targets for scripts.
Store More (Custom) Data Into The Tree Node Of A Tree View
The TTreeView Delphi component displays a hierarchical list of items - tree nodes. A node is presented by node text and an optional image. In real-world applications your tree nodes would need to carry more info: some more properties or even an entire custom object. How to?
HTML5 Placeholder Links
HTML5 adds a new feature to the anchor (a) tag: the ability to create placeholder links by simply removing the href attribute. But what are they for? Find out how to use HTML5 placeholder links.
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GridPane Overview
How to use the GridPane layout to place child nodes in a grid format.
Options
JavaScript Glossary definition for: options
defaultstatus
defaultstatus
Element
JavaScript Glossary definition for: Element
Name
JavaScript Glossary definition for: Name
Node
JavaScript Glossary definition for: Node
getElementsByTagName
JavaScript Glossary definition for: getElementsByTagName
getElementByid
JavaScript Glossary definition for: getElementByid
getElementsByName
JavaScript Glossary definition for: getElementsByName
createTextNode
JavaScript Glossary definition for: createTextNode
appendChild
JavaScript Glossary definition for: appendChild
insertBefore
JavaScript Glossary definition for: insertBefore
createDocumentFragment
JavaScript Glossary definition for: createDocumentFragment
removeChild
JavaScript Glossary definition for: removeChild
createElement
JavaScript Glossary definition for: createElement
Javascript Support in Acrobat
Since version 5, Adobe Acrobat has supported Javascript.
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