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Discover everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages. This completely updated third edition reveals how the code works and when to use closures, constants, and execution content.
Starting with the basics, you'll see how to employ prototypical inheritance, as well as memory management, variable hoisting and event bubbling. Also covered is an introduction to Node.js and package managers, key to understanding the tools necessary in front-end development and how they are used with current JavaScript frameworks.
JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web, providing the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serving as the backbone of working with frameworks like Angular and React. Beginning JavaScript, Third Edition will take you from being a JavaScript novice to working freely with this important technology - begin your JavaScript journey today!
What You'll Learn
- Construct good JavaScript syntax following modern coding practices
- Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data
- Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images
- Debug applications using features inside the browser
- Use TypeScript to bring strong typing to the language
Who This Book Is For Beginner to intermediate developers with a basic knowledge of front-end programming who are looking for a deeper understanding of how JavaScript works in the browser and how to answer questions in an interview.
List of contents
1. Introduction to JavaScript.- 2. JavaScript and Development Tools.- 3. JavaScript Variables.- 4. JavaScript Objects and Arrays.- 5. JavaScript Functions and Context.- 6. JavaScript and Events.- 7. JavaScript and Programming Paradigms.- 8. JavaScript and Debugging.- 9. JavaScript and Client Side Development.- 10. JavaScript and Server Side Development.- 11. JavaScript and Application Frameworks: Angular.- 12. JavaScript and Application Frameworks: React.- 13. JavaScript and Static Deployment.
About the author
Russ Ferguson is a freelance developer and instructor in the New York City area. He has worked with companies of all sizes, from startups to some of the largest organizations in the world.These companies have spanned multiple industries including, Cable Television, Book Publishing, Finance, and Advertising. He has worked on projects for companies like, Bank of America, General Mills, LG, Viacom and DC Comics.
Summary
Discover everything you need to know to get up-to-speed with JavaScript development and add dynamic enhancements to web pages. This completely updated third edition reveals how the code works and when to use closures, constants, and execution content.
Starting with the basics, you’ll see how to employ prototypical inheritance, as well as memory management, variable hoisting and event bubbling. Also covered is an introduction to Node.js and package managers, key to understanding the tools necessary in front-end development and how they are used with current JavaScript frameworks.
JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web, providing the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serving as the backbone of working with frameworks like Angular and React. Beginning JavaScript, Third Edition will take you from being a JavaScript novice to working freely with this important technology - begin your JavaScript journey today!
What You'll Learn
- Construct good JavaScript syntax following modern coding practices
- Use JavaScript to communicate with the server and retrieve data
- Dynamically manipulate markup, validate forms and deal with images
- Debug applications using features inside the browser
- Use TypeScript to bring strong typing to the language
Who This Book Is For
Beginner to intermediate developers with a basic knowledge of front-end programming who are looking for a deeper understanding of how JavaScript works in the browser and how to answer questions in an interview.
