Online JavaScript Resources

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Published on: Saturday 13th September 1997 By: Martin Webb

• Online Magazines
• JavaScript Reference Manuals
• Dynamic HTML
• Reference Documentation
• Source Code
• Technical Notes
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tools
• Tools Documentation
• Specifications

In this article I will deviate from previous articles, in that I will not be presenting any new code. Instead I will summarise some of the more useful online JavaScript and JavaScript related resources.

Online Magazines

Netscape - DevEdge Online A biweekly newsletter serving the Netscape developer community.
http://developer.netscape.com

Netscape - View Source Magazine Netscape's online magazine for developers
http://developer.netscape.com/news/viewsource/index.html

The Latest from Developer.com and Gamelan.
http://www.developer.com and http://www.gamelan.com
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JavaScript Reference Manuals

Netscape JavaScript Documentation

• Core JavaScript 1.4 Reference
  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsref/index.htm

  • Core JavaScript 1.4 Reference - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsref/CoreReferenceJS14.pdf

  • Core JavaScript 1.4 Reference - Zipped File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsref/CoreReferenceJS14.zip

• Core JavaScript 1.4 Guide
  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsguide/index.htm

  • Core JavaScript 1.4 Guide - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsguide/CoreGuideJS14.pdf

  • Core JavaScript 1.4 Guide - Zipped File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/core/jsguide/CoreGuideJS14.zip

• Client side - JavaScript 1.3 Reference
  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/index.htm

  • Client Side - JavaScript 1.3 Reference - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/ClientReferenceJS13.pdf

  • Client Side - JavaScript 1.3 Reference - Zipped File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsref/ClientReferenceJS13.zip

• Client side - JavaScript 1.3 Guide
  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsguide/index.htm

  • Client Side - JavaScript 1.3 Guide - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsguide/ClientGuideJS13.pdf

  • Client Side - JavaScript 1.3 Guide - Zipped File
    http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/js/client/jsguide/ClientGuideJS13.zip

• JavaScript 1.2 Reference
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsref/index.htm

  • JavaScript 1.2 Reference - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsref/jsref.pdf

  • JavaScript 1.2 Reference - Zipped File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsref/jsref.zip

• JavaScript 1.2 Guide
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide4/index.htm

  • JavaScript 1.2 Guide - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide4/jsguide.pdf

  • JavaScript 1.2 Guide - Zipped HTML
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide4/jsguide.zip

• What's New in JavaScript 1.2 for Navigator 4.0
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide/js1_2.htm

  • What's New in JavaScript 1.2 for Navigator 4.0 - Zipped HTML
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide/js1_2.zip

  • What's New in JavaScript 1.2 for Navigator 4.0 - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide/js1_2.pdf

  • What's New in JavaScript 1.2 for Navigator 4.0 - TAR.GZ Version for Unix
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jsguide/jsguide.tar.gz

• JavaScript Security in Communicator 4.x
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jssec/index.htm

  • JavaScript Security in Communicator 4.0 - Zipped HTML
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jssec/jssec.zip

  • JavaScript Security in Communicator 4.0 - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jssec/jssec.pdf

  • JavaScript Security in Communicator 4.0 - TAR.GZ Version for Unix
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/jssec/jssec.tar.gz

• Writing Server-Side JavaScript Applications
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/enterprise/wrijsap/index.htm

  • Writing Server-Side JavaScript Applications - Zipped HTML
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/enterprise/wrijsap/wssjsa.zip

  • Writing Server-Side JavaScript Applications - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/enterprise/wrijsap/wssjsa.pdf

Microsoft JScript Documentation

• What's New in JScript 3.0
  http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/workshop/prog/ie4/jscript3.htm

  • What's New in JScript 3.0 - Word file
    http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/prog/ie4/JScript3.ZIP

Dynamic HTML

Netscape Dynamic HTML Documentation

• Dynamic HTML in Communicator
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/dynhtml/index.htm

  • Dynamic HTML in Communicator - Zipped HTML
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/dynhtml/dynhtml.zip

  • Dynamic HTML in Communicator - PDF File
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/dynhtml/dynamic.pdf

  • Dynamic HTML in Communicator - TAR.GZ Version for Unix
    http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/dynhtml/dynhtml.tar.gz

• Netcaster Developer's Guide Dynamic HTML in Communicator
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/netcast/devguide/index.html

Microsoft Dynamic HTML Documentation

• Dynamic HTML
  http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/

• Dynamic HTML Gallery
  http://www.microsoft.com/gallery/files/html/

Reference Documentation

Microsoft - Event Bubbling
http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/features/ie4event.asp

Microsoft - Channel Definition Format (CDF)
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/prog/ie4/channels/cdf1-f.htm

Microsoft - HTMLRef.zip download in Microsoft Windows Help format
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dynhtml\HTMLRef.zip

Microsoft - Dynamic styles
http://www.microsoft.com/sitebuilder/features/dstyles.asp

Netscape - Netcaster Developer's Guide
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/netcast/devguide/index.html

Netscape - LiveConnecting Plug-ins with Java
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/plugins/pjava.htm

Netscape - Using LiveConnect
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_3.0/building_blocks/liveconnect/how.html

Netscape - HTML Reference Guide
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/htmlguid/index.htm

HTML Reference Guide - Zipped HTML
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/htmlguid/htmlguid.zip

HTML Reference Guide - TAR.GZ Version for Unix
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/htmlguid/htmlguid.tar.gz

Netscape - HTML Tags Sorted by Navigator Release
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/htmlguid/tags_complete.html

Netscape - Tables Improvements in Netscape Communicator
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/communicator/tables.htm

Web Design Group - Tutorial on Cascading Style Sheets
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/

Macromedia - DHTML Zone
http://www.dhtmlzone.com/index.html

Cascading Style Sheets
http://www.w3.org/Style/css/

Differences between IE3, 4 and NS4 Cascading Style Sheets
http://style.webreview.com/mastergrid.html

Source Code

Netscape - Sample Code Example
http://developer.netscape.com/library/examples/index.html

• JavaScript and Dynamic HTML
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/examples/javascript.html
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/examples/dhtml.html
  • Dynamically manipulating CSSP-Positioned HTML elements
  • Opening a full screen window or a small window based on a user's screen resolution
  • In-line evaluation of JavaScript object properties
  • HTML presentation template
  • Conference scheduler
  • Form Validation
  • Dynamic Framesets
  • Netscape field checks
  • Netscape JavaScript "table of Contents"
  • Passing a variable number of arguments to a JavaScript function
  • Submitting a single form to multiple CGIs
  • Rounding off numbers using JavaScript
  • Determining browser type and version with JavaScript
  • Passing parameters from Java to JavaScript
  • Using LiveConnect to access JavaScript from Java
  • Setting and reading cookies using JavaScript
  • More Layering examples
  • Dynamic HTML menu tress
  • Dynamic fonts typefaces
  • Dynamic fonts multiple langauge support
  • Growto function
  • Ticker object
  • Newsbox object
  • Capturing the "resize" event type

Technical Notes

Netscape - Technotes
http://developer.netscape.com/library/technote/index.html

• Programming JavaScript 1.2 Event handlers
• Java, JavaScript and Plug-in interaction using Client-Side LiveConnect
• JavaScript 1.2 New window methods and properties
• Creating JavaScript Components

Frequently Asked Questions

Netscape - JavaScript Frequently Asked Questions
/script/script.htm
http://developer.netscape.com/support/faqs/index.html

Tools

Netscape - JavaScript C Engine API Reference
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/javascriptapi/index.htm

Getting Started with Netscape JavaScript Debugger
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/jsdebug/index.htm

• Getting Started with Netscape JavaScript Debugger - PDF File
  http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/jsdebug/jsd.pdf

Netscape - Visual JavaScript
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/tools/visual_js.html

Microsoft - Script Debugger for Internet Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/prog/scriptie/

Tools Documentation

Netscape - Visual JavaScript Developer's Guide
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/visualjs/vjs.html

Netscape - Visual JavaScript Component Developer's Kit
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/vjscdk/index.html

Netscape - Getting Started with Netscape JavaScript Debugger
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/jsdebug/index.htm

Netscape - Using Page Signer
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/signedobj/pagesign/index.htm

Specifications

• ECMA
  http://www.ecma.ch/
  • ECMAScript Language Specification

• W3C
  http://www.w3.org/TR/

  • W3C Recommendations
    http://www.w3.org/TR/#Recommendations
    • HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
    • Cascading Style Sheets, level 1
    • Rating Services and Rating Systems (and Their Machine Readable Descriptions)
    • PICS Label Distribution -- Label Syntax and Communication Protocols
    • PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Specification

  • W3C Proposed Recommendations
    http://www.w3.org/TR/#PR

  • W3C Working Drafts
    http://www.w3.org/TR/#WD
    • Positioning HTML Elements with Cascading Style Sheets
    • Extensible Markup Language (XML)
    • Extensible Markup Language (XML): Part2. Linking
    • Web Fonts
    • PEP: an Extension Mechanism for HTTP
    • Mathematical Markup Language
    • HTML 4.0 Specification
    • Aural Cascading Style Sheets
    • CSS Printing Extensions
    • DSig 1.0 Signature Labels Using PICS 1.1 Labels for Digital Signatures
    • Hypertext Links in HTML
    • HTML and Style Sheets
    • Client-side Scripting and HTML
    • Implementing HTML Frames
    • Enhancing Interactive HTML documents
    • Inserting objects into HTML
    • Additional named entities for HTML
    • Digital Signature Label Architecture
    • Selecting Payment Mechanisms Over HTTP
    • The HTML3 Table Model

• Microsoft Standards
  http://www.microsoft.com/standards/default.asp
  • Open Software Description (OSD) spec
  • XML-Data spec
  • Channel Definition Format (CDF)

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