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Sixth Edition

Phil Ballard

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Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours, Sixth Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33738-3

ISBN-10: 0-672-33738-X

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015905614

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First Printing June 2015

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Phil Ballard, the author of various Sams Teach Yourself titles, graduated in 1980 with an honors degree in electronics from the University of Leeds, England. Following an early career as a research scientist with a major multinational, he spent a few years in commercial and managerial roles within the high technology sector, later working full time as a software engineering consultant.

Operating as The Mouse Whisperer (www.mousewhisperer.co.uk), Ballard has spent recent years involved solely in website and intranet design and development for an international portfolio of clients, as well as writing numerous technical books and articles.

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This introduction walks you through a few basic things before you begin reading, including who this book was written for, why it was written, the conventions employed in this book and in the Sams Teach Yourself series, how the content is organized, and the tools you need to create JavaScript.