JAVASCRIPT & JQUERY: THE MISSING MANUAL

 NOTE  You should only use the var keyword once for each variable—when you first create the variable. After that, you’re free to assign new values to the variable without using var .
Working with Data Types and Variables
Storing a particular piece of information like a[r]

Importing Fireworks Graphics
Fireworks is another program that’s part of Adobe’s Creative Suite family. Fire- works’s specialty is performing all sorts of graphics tricks for people who design websites. It has tools for creating buttons, rollover images, and other web graphics. For ex[r]

Getting to Know ActionScript 3
ActionScript is a serious programming language. As explained in the box below, folks in cubicles use ActionScript to develop major programs—like ticket purchas- ing and reservation systems. ActionScript incorporates geeky programming con- cepts like variable[r]

One of the most important DOM methods for this is document.getElementById . This method returns a reference to the element with the ID you specify. As we saw in Chapter 4 , a good way to scope a module for CSS (and JavaScript, too) is to give its outermost div[r]

<a> href="http://www.stutzbearcat.net">click me</a>
Like most HTML tags, the anchor tag comes in pairs: <a>in between stuff</a>. The slash is the defining mark of an end tag. In HTML, you stuff that first tag with any necessary parameters. I[r]

In the bad old days when the Internet was young, just about any website you visited could install and run (or trick you into running) an evil program on your com- puter. There are still bad folks out there trying to push malware onto unsuspect- ing computers, but life online is somewh[r]

6. Repeat to create additional locks of hair.
You should see a result similar to the one shown in Figure 2-19.
Arranging drawn objects forward and backward
When you draw in object mode, each part of your drawing (the head, the hat, the hair) is an object, and you c[r]

There may be very few big-ticket changes, but the number of tiny changes runs into the hundreds! Undocumented, tweaky little changes. For example:
The menu bar can now show the date, not just the day of the week. When you’re running Windows on your Mac,[r]

Enter the iPad.
With its glorious, high-resolution color touchscreen, the iPad takes the eBook experience to a new level. Instead of the blotchy gray- scale images typical of electronic magazines, you see the bold, bright, original layouts of newsstand magazine[r]

Read an iBook
Of course, reading an iBook isn’t the same as cracking open the spine of a leather-bound volume and relaxing in an English club chair with a snifter of brandy by the fire. But really—who reads books that way any more (except for the impossibly wealthy an[r]

Up to Speed
Profiles Aren’t All Equal
It’s shocking but true: Some profiles are just plain wrong! Photoshop offers many built-in profiles (like “Adobe RGB 1998”) that include general color mode info, along with slightly more specific though still generic profiles (like “US Sheetfed Coat[r]

All these variables mean you need to spend some time correcting both the color and the lighting of your images. Not to worry: You’ve got an arsenal of tools at your dis- posal in Photoshop and its trusty sidekick, Camera Raw. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use all the au[r]

have thought of. For example, say you have friends coming in from Melbourne and you want to make them feel at home without renting a herd of kangaroos. So you decide to learn about Australian Rules Football. You head to the Google Directory and follow the links in succession for Sp[r]

Open the feeds you want, choose Safari Preferences, click General, and click Set to Current Page.. In other words, suppose you start by opening a list of local, national, international, [r]

But AT&T’s international roaming charges will cost you anywhere from 60 cents to $5 per minute. Not so cool!
If you, a person in Oprah’s tax bracket, are fine with that, then all you have to do is remember to call AT&T before you travel. Ask that they turn on the inter- n[r]

You can’t use a stylus, fingernail, pen tip, or anything else; only skin contact works. That’s too bad for people who wear gloves on the job.
Drag
When you’re zoomed into a map, Web page, email, or photo, you scroll around just by sliding your finger across the glass in any direc[r]

Rearranging Columns
The fields in the datasheet are laid out from left to right, in the order you created them. Often, you’ll discover that this order isn’t the most efficient for data entry. Imagine you’ve created a Customers table for a novelty pasta company. When a n[r]

As you learn to use more advanced features like end notes and comments, described later in this book, you'll find it very convenient to use them as your landmarks, as well.
2.3.4. Browsing by Bookmark
The bookmarks that slip between the pages of books are elegant in their simplicit[r]

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Tip: Try to get your message across as succinctly as possible. Fewer frames (and therefore images) typically mean a smaller file size, which is important if you plan to put your Flash animation up on the web. (Folks surfing with dial-up or on a cellphone often have trouble viewing large f[r]