Overview
Complete introduction to JavaScript, how it is used and best practices
Fully updated to include updates to the JavaScript API, modern frameworks and tools, and up-to-date methodologies
Covers not just how JavaScript is used in the browser, but how it is used on the server side and with frameworks
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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
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.
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Book Title: Beginning JavaScript
Book Subtitle: The Ultimate Guide to Modern JavaScript Development
Authors: Russ Ferguson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4395-4
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Copyright Information: Russ Ferguson 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4394-7Published: 02 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4395-4Published: 02 May 2019
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XIII, 206
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations
Topics: Web Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems