Learn to code with JavaScript / Darren Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Darren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fitzroy, Victoria : SitePoint, [2021]

Summary:

A hands-on, practical Introduction to coding! Do you want to learn to code? Perhaps you want to learn how to build the next social media sensation or blockbuster game? Or perhaps you just want to get some valuable coding experience under your belt? This easy-to-follow, practical, and fun guide is the perfect place to start on your coding journey. You'll be learning to program with JavaScript - the most popular programming language on Earth. And it runs in web browsers, making it particularly suited to creating web-based apps and games. But the principles and techniques that you'll learn will provide you with a foundation to go on and learn many other languages, too. You'll learn: * Programming basics, including data types, variables and more * How to use logic to control the flow of a program * How to use loops to repeat code over and over again * How to write functions that can be used to store code in reusable blocks * How to store data in collections such as arrays, sets and maps * How to create objects that store properties and actions * And much more! Along the way, you'll build a collection of fun applications, including games and interactive web pages. Start learning to code today!

Contents:

Intro

Learn to Code with JavaScript

Notice of Rights

Notice of Liability

Trademark Notice

About Darren Jones

About SitePoint

Table of Contents

Preface

Who Should Read This Book?

Conventions Used

Code Samples

Tips, Notes, and Warnings

Hey, You!

Ahem, Excuse Me ...

Make Sure You Always ...

Watch Out!

Supplementary Materials

Press Start

Programming

Algorithms

Milk after Tea

Pseudocode

A Brief History of Programming

JavaScript

The History of JavaScript

JavaScript Versions

Backward Compatibility

Hello, World! Your First JavaScript Program

The Console?

Enter? Return?

JavaScript in the Browser

The Structure of a Web Page

Online Editors and Working Offline

I Can Code a Rainbow

Rebecca Purple

A Programmer's Mindset

Challenges

Summary

Programming Basics

Comments

Programming Grammar

Statements

Ending Lines with Semicolons

Blocks

Whitespace

Data Types

symbol, bigint and undefined

Map and Set

What Type Are You?

Operators

Variables

Declaring and Assigning Variables

Duck Typing

TypeScript

Constants

Constants in JavaScript

Assignment

Undefined

Naming Variables

Symbols in Variable Names

Pop-up Interaction

Alert Box

Prompt Box

Confirm Box

Hello name

Auto-updating Preview

Letters and Words

Chars and Strings

Empty Strings

Creating Strings in JavaScript

Escaping Values

Find the Char

Finding Chars

How Long Is a String?

String Arithmetic

The concat() Method

Finding the Last Character in a String

What's In a Name?

Changing Cases

The More Things Change …

Trimming Space

More Methods

Template Literals

Mad Libs

Numbers

Integers and Floats.

Numeric Literals

Exponential Notation

When Is a Number Not a Number?

Arithmetic Operations

Varying Variables

Increments

How Old?

Calculations with Numbers and Strings

Converting Between Strings and Numbers

Random Numbers

Random … ish

Collections

Arrays

Arrays in JavaScript

Adding Values to Arrays

Removing Values from Arrays

Finding the Length of an Array

No Second Chances

Popping and Pushing

Shifting and Unshifting

The Spread Operator

Slicing and Splicing

Finding If a Value Is in an Array

Joining Array Items into a String

Reversing the Order of Array Items

Sorting Array Values

Alphabetical Numbers

Multi-dimensional Arrays

Logic

Booleans

Logical Operators

Guess Who?

Negation (Logical NOT)

Logical AND

Logical OR

Comparison

Equality

Soft Equality

Hard Equality

Inequality

Greater Than and Less Than

Flow Control

If Statements

Else Statements

The Ternary Operator

What's Your Favorite Animal?

Switch Statements

Taking a break

Rock Paper Scissors

Going Loopy

What's a Loop?

Infinite Loops

While Loops

Ten Green Bottles

Do-while Loops

For Loops

Nested Loops

Loop Variables

Functions

Subroutines, Procedures and Functions

Functions in JavaScript

Defining a Function

Calling Functions

Function Expressions

Assignment and Semicolons

Calling vs Referencing a Function

Arrow Functions

Return Values

Returning Undefined

Parameters and Arguments

Default Parameters

Random Integers

Assigning Return Values to Variables

Callbacks

Overwriting a Function Declaration

Sorting Arrays with a Callback.

Sorting Through sort()

Choosing the Right Type of Function

Objects

Properties and Methods

Creating Objects in JavaScript

Trailing Commas

Methods

Guess Again

Creating Objects from Variables

Calling Methods

Adding More Properties and Methods

Frozen Objects

Changing Properties

Removing Properties

Nested Objects

this

Roll the Dice

The Document Object Model

HTML Document vs the DOM

Inspecting the DOM

Getting an Element

Updating the HTML

Getting Multiple Elements

Getting Elements by Tag Name

Getting Elements by Their Class Name

Get Element vs Get Elements

Query Selectors

CSS Selectors

Navigating the DOM Tree

Child Nodes

Parent Node

Creating Dynamic Markup

Creating an Element

Adding Text with textContent

Adding Elements to the Page

Building Elements Node by Node

Insert Before

Removing Elements from a Page

Gone but Not Gone

Replacing Elements on a Page

Getting and Setting Attributes

Getting an Element's Attributes

Setting an Element's Attributes

Multiple Classes and setAttribute

The className Property

Multiple Classes and className

The classList Property

Doing It with Style

Hyphens in CSS Property Names

Being Classy

A Simple To-do List

The Main Event

Event-based Programming

Event Listeners

Event Handlers

Click Events

Clicking Elements

The Event Object

To e or Not to e?

Forms

Submitting a Form

Referencing a Form Element

A Form's action Attribute

Preventing Default Behavior

Keyboard Events

Live Input

Mouse Events

Mouse Move

Mouse Over

Mouse Up and Down

Removing Event Listeners

Naming addEventListener Functions.

Just a Basic Example

Simple To-do List

Event Delegation

Going Loopy Over Arrays

Spreading Strings

Array Iteration Methods

Efficient Arrow Functions

forEach

An Array of Cards

Map

Reduce

Adding vs Multiplying

Filter

Guess Who Filter

Find

Every

Some

Iterating over Objects

Keys and Values

To-do List Project

Forking Pens

Let's Get Functional

Named Parameters

The Rest Parameter

Recursive Functions

Scope

Block Scope

Hoisting

Functions That Return Functions

Closures

Closure Countdown!

Functional Programming

Pure Functions

A Benefit of const

Pure Array Updates

Updating an Array Value with Pure Functions

Higher-order Functions

Getting Classy

Copying Objects in JavaScript

Console Issues

Shallow and Deep Copies

Copying Arrays and Functions

Object-oriented Programming

Encapsulation

Polymorphism

Inheritance

Classes

Classes vs Prototypes

Classes in JavaScript

Class Naming Convention

Parentheses

Classy Components

Inheritance in JavaScript

Custom HTML Elements

The Pet Unicorn Game

It's About Time

The UNIX Epoch

Times and Dates

Counting the Months

Getter Methods

UTC vs GMT

Setter Methods

Time Zone Milliseconds

Date and Time Support

What Day Will It Be?

Timing Functions

setTimeout

Asynchronous Programming

Delay and Sleep

Intervals

requestAnimationFrame

Stopwatch

Animation

Jumping Frog

Cookie Grabber Game

End Of Line

Coding Best Practice

Coding Tools

Style Guides

Version Control

Testing

Going Further with JavaScript

Advanced JavaScript

Libraries

Node.js

Deno.

Learn Another Language

Always Learning

Carry On Coding

Web Applications

Game Development

Mobile App Development

Desktop App Development

Internet of Things

Summary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781098141035

1098141032

9781098124786

1098124782

OCLC:

1244620172