If you are a web developer with previous JavaScript and DOM scripting experience, Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries is perfect for you to take your knowledge to the next level. This book is about JavaScript and using the document object model? channel into an HTML document. Starting with the assumption that you have done some JavaScript development before and understand the JavaScript syntax. This book builds on that knowledge to give you a deeper understanding of DOM Scripting and how to implement your projects. This book will explain techniques new and old? such as closures, encapsulation, and inheritance? that many use and how you can apply it on your own project. By reading this book, you should have a greater understanding of how JavaScript work and be able to use advanced concepts such as closures and event delegation to build more flexible applications for the Web. You also will be able to implement Ajax effectively into your site, create special effects, use JavaScript libraries, and know how best to apply the library to your projects. What you will learn Where CSS, HTML, and DOM fit into modern scripting, and how to use them together effectively OOP techniques for more efficient JavaScript coding How to use JavaScript libraries such as Prototype in your work How to build an effective form validation in your application using Ajax How to create mashups using APIs How to build dynamic user interfaces Who is this book?