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Professional JavaScript for Web Developers

You're reading from   Professional JavaScript for Web Developers Discover an easy-to-learn guide to upgrade your JavaScript skills

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
Publisher Wiley
ISBN-13 9781119366447
Length 1144 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Matt Frisbie Matt Frisbie
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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION 1 What Is JavaScript? 2 JavaScript in HTML 3 Language Basics 4 Variables, Scope, and Memory 5 Basic Reference Types 6 Collection Reference Types 7 Iterators and Generators 8 Objects, Classes, and Object-Oriented Programming 9 Proxies and Reflect 10 Functions 11 Promises and Async Functions 12 The Browser Object Model 13 Client Detection 14 The Document Object Model 15 DOM Extensions 16 DOM Levels 2 and 3 17 Events 18 Animation and Graphics with Canvas 19 Scripting Forms 20 JavaScript APIs 21 Error Handling and Debugging 22 XML in JavaScript 23 JSON 24 Network Requests and Remote Resources 25 Client-Side Storage 26 Modules 27 Workers 28 Best Practices A ES2018 and ES2019 B Strict Mode C JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks D JavaScript Tools INDEX
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FORM BASICS

Web forms are represented by the <form> element in HTML and by the HTMLFormElement type in JavaScript. The HTMLFormElement type inherits from HTMLElement and therefore has all of the same default properties as other HTML elements. However, HTMLFormElement also has the following additional properties and methods:

  • acceptCharset—The character sets that the server can process; equivalent to the HTML accept-charset attribute.
  • action—The URL to send the request to; equivalent to the HTML action attribute.
  • elements—An HTMLCollection of all controls in the form.
  • enctype—The encoding type of the request; equivalent to the HTML enctype attribute.
  • length—The number of controls in the form.
  • method—The type of HTTP request to send, typically "get" or "post"; equivalent to the HTML method attribute.
  • name—The name of the form; equivalent to the HTML name attribute.
  • reset()—Resets all form fields to their default...
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