And that just about covers it. In this article, I took you on a guided tour of exception handling in JavaScript, demonstrating how the "try" and "catch" blocks can be used to trap and resolve errors in script execution. I showed you how to retrieve the exception type and message, write exception handlers for different error types, and even generate your own custom errors. Finally, I wrapped things up with a real-world example that demonstrated how to build a simple form validator and generate exceptions suitable for processing by a generic "try-catch" handler.

In case you'd like to learn more about these topics, you should consider visiting the following links:

The official ECMAScript reference, at http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/ecma-262.htm

JavaScript 1.5 reference material in the Netscape DevEdge documentation, at http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.5/reference/st
mt.html#1051663

Handling errors in Internet Explorer, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnscrpt/html/WebErrors2.asp

Until next time...be good!

Note: Examples are illustrative only, and are not meant for a production environment. Code samples in this article have been tested on Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0. Melonfire provides no warranties or support for the source code described in this article. YMMV!