Chapter 2
Programming the Browser
IN THIS CHAPTER
Defining Web APIs
Learning the difference between an API and an interface
Learning your way around the Navigator interface
Peeking into the Window interface
Investigating and manipulating the DOM
Knowing your History API
“Put simply, if an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if it's right there on the page.”
—JEFFERY ZELDMAN
Web browsers provide many APIs for interacting programmatically with their functionality. Using JavaScript, you can find out what the browser is doing as well as tell the browser what to do. In this chapter, you'll learn about the Web APIs and see how to use the most essential ones.
Understanding Web APIs and Interfaces
Web APIs are application programming interfaces for web browsers or web servers. The purpose of Web APIs is to extend the capabilities of HTTP clients or servers ...
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