Updated to include all things new, this edition includes comprehensive coverage of asynchronous JavaScript and SML (Ajax) and a complete reference to all JavaScript objects and functions, including data on properties, methods, handlers and browser compatibility. Master practitioner and trainer Thau describes using variables and built-in functions for automatic updates for web pages, working with browsers and rollovers, opening and manipulating browser windows, writing your own functions, using forms to provide and receive information, keeping track with arrays and loops, timing events, using frames and image maps, validating forms, massaging strings, working with server-side programs, saving visitor information with cookies, using dynamic HTML, handling XML in JavaScript and Ajax and server-side Ajax, integrating through shared to-do lists, and debugging. He provides answers to the assignments embedded in the text, and resources along with code for applications. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)