Secrets of the JavaScript ninja / John Resig, Bear Bibeault, and Josip Maras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resig, John, author.

Bibeault, Bear, author.

Maras, Josip, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island : Manning, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summary More than ever, the web is a universal platform for all types of applications, and JavaScript is the language of the web. If you're serious about web development, it's not enough to be a decent JavaScript coder. You need to be ninja-stealthy, efficient, and ready for anything. This book shows you how. About the Technology JavaScript is rapidly becoming a universal language for every type of application, whether on the web, on the desktop, in the cloud, or on mobile devices. When you become a JavaScript pro, you have a powerful skill set that’s usable across all these domains. About the Book Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Second Edition uses practical examples to clearly illustrate each core concept and technique. This completely revised edition shows you how to master key JavaScript concepts such as functions, closures, objects, prototypes, and promises. It covers APIs such as the DOM, events, and timers. You’ll discover best practice techniques such as testing, and cross-browser development, all taught from the perspective of skilled JavaScript practitioners. What’s Inside Writing more effective code with functions, objects, and closures Learning to avoid JavaScript application pitfalls Using regular expressions to write succinct text-processing code Managing asynchronous code with promises Fully revised to cover concepts from ES6 and ES7 About the Reader You don’t have to be a ninja to read this book—just be willing to become one. Are you ready? About the Authors John Resig is an acknowledged JavaScript authority and creator of the jQuery library. Bear Bibeault is a web developer and author of the first edition, as well as coauthor of Ajax in Practice, Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action , and jQuery in Action . Josip Maras is a post-doctoral researcher and teacher.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

ES6 cheat sheet

Praise for the First Edition

Author's Introduction

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Cover Illustration

Part 1. Warming up

Chapter 1. JavaScript is everywhere

Chapter 2. Building the page at runtime

Part 2. Understanding functions

Chapter 3. First-class functions for the novice: definitions and arguments

Chapter 4. Functions for the journeyman: understanding function invocation

Chapter 5. Functions for the master: closures and scopes

Chapter 6. Functions for the future: generators and promises

Part 3. Digging into objects and fortifying your code

Chapter 7. Object orientation with prototypes

Chapter 8. Controlling access to objects

Chapter 9. Dealing with collections

Chapter 10. Wrangling regular expressions

Chapter 11. Code modularization techniques

Part 4. Browser reconnaissance

Chapter 12. Working the DOM

Chapter 13. Surviving events

Chapter 14. Developing cross-browser strategies

Appendix A. Additional ES6 features

Appendix B. Arming with testing and debugging

Appendix C. Exercise answers

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Listings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638353577

1638353573

9781617292859

1617292850

OCLC:

959983302