Professional JavaScript for web developers / Nicholas C. Zakas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zakas, Nicholas C., author.

Series:

Wrox : Programmer to Programmer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (964 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

[Somerset, New Jersey] : [Wrox], [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides a developer-level introduction along with more advanced and useful features of JavaScript. Coverage includes: JavaScript use with HTML to create dynamic webpages, language concepts including syntax and flow control statementsvariable handling given their loosely typed naturebuilt-in reference types such as object and arrayobject-oriented programingpowerful aspects of function expressionsBrowser Object Model allowing interaction with the browser itselfdetecting the client and its capabilitiesDocument

Contents:

Professional: JavaScript® for Web Developers; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is Javascript?; A Short History; JavaScript Implementations; ECMAScript; The Document Object Model (DOM); The Browser Object Model (BOM); JavaScript Versions; Summary; Chapter 2: Javascript In HTML; The Element; Tag Placement; Deferred Scripts; Asynchronous Scripts; Changes in XHTML; Deprecated Syntax; Inline Code versus External Files; Document Modes; The Element; Summary; Chapter 3: Language Basics; Syntax; Case-sensitivity; Identifiers; Comments; Strict Mode; Statements

Keywords and Reserved WordsVariables; Data Types; The typeof Operator; The Undefined Type; The Null Type; The Boolean Type; The Number Type; The String Type; The Object Type; Operators; Unary Operators; Bitwise Operators; Boolean Operators; Multiplicative Operators; Additive Operators; Relational Operators; Equality Operators; Conditional Operator; Assignment Operators; Comma Operator; Statements; The if Statement; The do-while Statement; The while Statement; The for Statement; The for-in Statement; Labeled Statements; The break and continue Statements; The with Statement

The switch StatementFunctions; Understanding Arguments; No Overloading; Summary; Chapter 4: Variables, Scope, and Memory; Primitive and Reference Values; Dynamic Properties; Copying Values; Argument Passing; Determining Type; Execution Context and Scope; Scope Chain Augmentation; No Block-Level Scopes; Garbage Collection; Mark-and-Sweep; Reference Counting; Performance; Managing Memory; Summary; Chapter 5: Reference Types; The Object Type; The Array Type; Detecting Arrays; Conversion Methods; Stack Methods; Queue Methods; Reordering Methods; Manipulation Methods; Location Methods

Iterative MethodsReduction Methods; The Date Type; Inherited Methods; Date-Formatting Methods; Date/Time Component Methods; The RegExp Type; RegExp Instance Properties; RegExp Instance Methods; RegExp Constructor Properties; Pattern Limitations; The Function Type; No Overloading (Revisited); Function Declarations versus Function Expressions; Functions as Values; Function Internals; Function Properties and Methods; Primitive Wrapper Types; The Boolean Type; The Number Type; The String Type; Singleton Built-in Objects; The Global Object; The Math Object; Summary

Chapter 6: Object-Oriented ProgrammingUnderstanding Objects; Types of Properties; Defining Multiple Properties; Reading Property Attributes; Object Creation; The Factory Pattern; The Constructor Pattern; The Prototype Pattern; Combination Constructor/Prototype Pattern; Dynamic Prototype Pattern; Parasitic Constructor Pattern; Durable Constructor Pattern; Inheritance; Prototype Chaining; Constructor Stealing; Combination Inheritance; Prototypal Inheritance; Parasitic Inheritance; Parasitic Combination Inheritance; Summary; Chapter 7: Function Expressions; Recursion; Closures

Closures and Variables

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed October 3, 2016).

ISBN:

9786613402028

9781118233092

1118233093

9781118722176

1118722175

9781283402026

1283402025

9781118222195

1118222199

OCLC:

769342374