Document object model

Unit 11

Reading assignment

 

Reading assignments are in the text book, Java Script, A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, by John Pollock; McGraw Hill / Osborne, ISBN 0-07-222790-7

Read Module 8.

If you have a copy of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas, or some other book that discuses the Document Object Model, you might read the first few pages in the chapter on the document object model.
If you have a copy of JavaScript, The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan, you might look at the Node, Document, and HTMLDocument. The material in the Flanagan book is complex, and hard to read. The Flanagan book is the standard reference book for JavaScript and the Model.

Alternate reading assignments are in the text book, Java Script Concepts & Techniques Programming Interactive Web Sites, by Tina Spain McDuffie; Franklin, Beedle & Associates, ISBN 1-887902-45-7

There is no reading assignment in the McDuffie book, only classroom discussion. If you have a copy of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas, or some other book that discuses the Document Object Model, you might read the first few pages in the chapter on the Document Object Model. Alternately, you might look for an introduction to the DOM on the Internet, and read a little.

Lecture notes

Do NOT read the lecture notes before hearing the lecture. If you do, you will find the lecture very boring. Read the lecture notes if you do not attend the lecture, or if you wish to review the material.