Sections:

• What You Should Already Know
• Where to Find JavaScript Information
• Document Conventions

• A general understanding of the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW).
• Good working knowledge of HyperText Markup Language (HTML). Experience with forms and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is also useful.
• If you're going to use the LiveWire Database Service, relational databases and a working knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL).

• JavaScript Guide provides information about the core JavaScript language and about its client-side objects.
• Writing Server-Side JavaScript Applications provides information about JavaScript's server-side objects and functions. In some cases, core language features work differently on the client than on the server. These differences are also discussed in this book. Finally, this book provides extra information you need to create an entire JavaScript application.
• JavaScript Reference (this manual) provides reference material for the entire JavaScript language, including both client-side and server-side JavaScript.
• The JavaScript page of the DevEdge library contains several other documents of interest about JavaScript. The contents of this page change frequently. You should revisit it periodically to get the newest information.

The Netscape web site contains much information that can be useful when you're creating JavaScript applications. Some URLs of particular interest include:

• http://home.netscape.com/one_stop/intranet_apps/index.html
This is the Netscape AppFoundry Online home page. Netscape AppFoundry Online is a source for starter applications, technical information, tools, and expert forums for quickly building and dynamically deploying open intranet applications. This site also includes troubleshooting information in the resources section and extra help on setting up your JavaScript environment.
• http://help.netscape.com/kb/tools/index.html
This is Netscape's technical support page for information on the LiveWire Database Service. It contains lots of useful pointers to information on using LiveWire in your JavaScript applications.
• http://developer.netscape.com/tech/javascript/ssjs/ssjs.html
This is Netscape's support page for information on server-side JavaScript. This URL is also available by clicking the Documentation link on the Netscape Server Application Manager

JavaScript applications run on many operating systems; the information here applies to all versions. File and directory paths are given in Windows format (with backslashes separating directory names). For Unix versions, the directory paths are the same, except that you use slashes instead of backslashes to separate directories.

This book uses uniform resource locators (URLs) of the form

http://server.domain/path/file.html

This book uses the following font conventions:

• The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), filenames, pathnames, directory names, HTML tags, and any text that must be typed on the screen. (Monospace italic font is used for placeholders embedded in code.)
• Italic type is used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.
• Boldface type is used for glossary terms.

Last Updated: 10/31/97 12:29:49