Speaking JavaScript / Axel Rauschmayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rauschmayer, Axel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Scripting languages (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Like it or not, JavaScript is everywhere these days—from browser to server to mobile—and now you, too, need to learn the language or dive deeper than you have. This concise book starts with a quick-start guide that teaches you just enough of the language to help you be productive right away. More experienced JavaScript programmers will find a complete and easy-to-read reference that covers each language feature in depth.

Contents:

Part I: JavaScript Quick Start. Basic JavaScript.

Part II: Background. Why JavaScript?

The Nature of JavaScript

How JavaScript was created

Standardization: ECMAScript

Historical JavaScript Milestones.

Part III: JavaScript in Depth. JavaScript's Syntax

Values

Operators

Booleans

Numbers

Strings

Statements

Exception Handling

Functions

Variables: Scopes, Environments, and Closures

Objects and Inheritance

Arrays

Regular Expressions

Dates

Math

JSON

Standard Global Variables

Unicode and JavaScript

New in ECMAScript 5.

Part IV: Tips, Tools, and Libraries. A Meta Code Style Guide

Language Mechanisms for Debugging

Subclassing Built-ins

JSDoc: Generating API Documentation

Libraries

Module Systems and Package Managers

More Tools

What to Do Next.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9781449364991

1449364993

9781449365011

1449365019

9781306810579

1306810574

9781449365028

1449365027

OCLC:

874011906