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Chapter 1 Taking the Web to the Next LevelIn This Chapter▶ Reviewing HTML, XHTML, and CSS▶ Examining the role of JavaScript and AJAX▶ Exploring what J

18Part I: Programming with JavaScript Introducing programmer’s editorsA number of specialty editors have propped up which seek to fill the gap between

19 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next LevelGetting familiar with some important editorsA couple of multi-purpose programmer’s editors immediately c

20Part I: Programming with JavaScript ✓ notepad++: This is what Notepad for Windows should be. It starts with the speed and simplicity of Windows Not

21 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Level Figure 1-8: Bluefish is a very nice editor for XHTML and JavaScript. ✓ jEdit: This powerful editor is

22Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-9: jEdit is a fast and capable editor writ-ten in Java. Figure 1-10: The codetch plugin for Firefox i

23 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next LevelIntroducing AptanaOne particular programmer’s editor has really taken over the Web develop-ment world in

24Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-11: Aptana might be the best Web editor avail-able at any price. Multiple document supportAutomatic sy

25 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next LevelFortunately, there’s been a big push toward standardization in recent years. The various browser develop

26Part I: Programming with JavaScript ✓ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8: IE7 could be considered a tribute to Firefox, as it incorporates many of

27 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Levelto extend. Firefox was designed from the beginning to have its capabilities extended — and a number of v

10Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-1: This page has some interesting features that would not be pos-sible in basic HTML. The text in this

28Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-12: The HTML Validator extension adds very useful features to the View Source tool. View Source window

29 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Levelalso incorporates a very nice debugger that can really help you find your errors as your program runs. ✓

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11 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Levelwork, but the fact that the page is now interactive is a huge change. With JavaScript, you can build app

12Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-3: Click the Toggle Visibility button to make the panel with the output reappear. I clicked the Toggle

13 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Level Figure 1-4: You can dynamically change the appearance of any page element. The Toggle Style button ✓ T

14Part I: Programming with JavaScript Figure 1-5: The Show Code but-ton pulls code from another file and shows it on-screen. Click to see the code f

15 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Level ✓ HTML: HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the basic markup lan-guage that describes Web pages. It’s a

16Part I: Programming with JavaScript At some point you’ll want your Web pages to be available on the Internet. Although you can install a server on y

17 Chapter 1: Taking the Web to the Next Levelbasic features as line numbers — and it can’t handle multiple documents at once. You’ll quickly outgrow