DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM

* Gain an in-depth knowledge of the Document Object Model (DOM) * Discover how to use DOM Events to make your code respond to input from the user * Discover how animation can be used to improve usability

What do Flickr, Google Suggest, Google Maps, and GMail have in common? They all take great advantage of some of the latest modern, unobtrusive DHTML techniques. As users become more familiar with the Web, they demand more: more information, better usability, greater functionality and improved interactivity. If they don’t get it, they move on. Client-side interactivity is the key to improving the user experience. DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM will teach you to create slick, interactive and usable Websites that work across all browsers and platforms. DHTML, the marriage of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the Document Object Model (DOM), can provide an amazing level of client-side interactivity, as many of today’s leading Websites have discovered. Amazon’s cool, new “Search Inside This Book” feature, Flickr, Google Suggest, Google Maps, and GMail are all examples of the modern, 'unobtrusive' DHTML techniques that are demonstrated and explained in this book – the first on the market to cover this technology. This book really teaches you how to apply modern JavaScript and DOM, taking you by the hand and guiding you through the current Web Standards forest, explaining choices, showing current best practice solutions and leading you through the minefield of browser support inconsistencies.

This book is ideal for all Web developers who want to get to grips with the DOM, whether you are experienced with JavaScript or are a relative newcomer. All you need to get started is a solid understanding of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. The book is written in the usual SitePoint style: clear, fun to read, and with plenty of practical examples that you can apply immediately to your own Websites.