Location Methods

Functions

• What is a function?
• Pre-defined functions
• Scope of Variables
• Function Expressions
• Anonymous Functions
• Callback Functions

Objects

• What is an object?
• Accessing Object Properties
• Calling an Object’s Methods
• Altering Properties/Methods

Array Properties and Methods

• The length property
• Stack Methods
• Queue Methods
• Reordering Methods
• Manipulation Methods
• Location Methods
• Iterative Methods
• Working with array of objects

DOM

• The Document Object Model
• Node Relationships
• Working with the Contents of Elements
• Getting Elements by ID, Tag Name, or Class
• Adding and removing element

Built-in Objects

• Object Types
• The String Object
• The Window Object

Using Events in JavaScript

• What are events?
• Handling events
• DOM manipulation using events

Handling Input and Output

• Understanding HTML Forms
• Working with the Form Object
• Validating user input

Ajax and JSON

• Introduction to AJAX and JSON
• Viewing AJAX in action
• Using the XMLHttpRequest object
• Putting Objects in Motion with JSON

ECMAScript 5 adds two item location methods to array instances: indexOf() and lastIndexOf().

Each of these methods accepts two arguments: the item to look for and an optional index from which to start looking. The indexOf() method starts searching from the front of the array (item 0) and continues to the back, whereas lastIndexOf() starts from the last item in the array and continues to the front.

The methods each return the position of the item in the array or –1 if the item isn’t in the array. An identity comparison is used when comparing the first argument to each item in the array, meaning that the items must be strictly equal as if compared using ===. Here are some examples of this usage:

var numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1];
alert(numbers.indexOf(4)); //3
alert(numbers.lastIndexOf(4)); //5
alert(numbers.indexOf(4, 4)); //5
alert(numbers.lastIndexOf(4, 4)); //3
var person = { name: "Nicholas" };
var people = [{ name: "Nicholas" }];
var morePeople = [person];
alert(people.indexOf(person)); //-1
alert(morePeople.indexOf(person)); //0