JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide 2nd Ed (Que)
Monday, 28 September 2020

This book aims to help people make the most of JavaScript -- even if they've never programmed anything before. Kirupa Chinnathambi covers JavaScript and how to use it together with CSS3 and HTML5 to create powerful web and mobile experiences.

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Purchase of the book in any format includes free access to the online Web Edition, which provides the complete text of the book online, along with short videos by the author introducing each chapter, and interactive quizzes to test your understanding of the material.

 

Author: Kirupa Chinnathambi
Publisher: Que
Date: December 2019
Pages: 464
ISBN: 978-0136502890
Print: 013650289X
Kindle: B01HS6KUTE
Audience: Those wanting to learn JavaScript
Level: Introductory
Category: JavaScript

 

  • Learn why JavaScript is awesome
  • Organize your code with variables
  • Understand how functions make your code reusable
  • Use the popular if/else statement to help make a decision in code
  • Learn about switch statements and when to use them
  • Work with for, while, and do...while loops
  • Learn how to use global and local scope 
  • Understand what closures are 
  • Learn about the various places your code can live 
  • Understand how to write comments and good commenting practices
  • Learn about the basic types of objects you'll run into in JavaScript
  • Find out that pizza has an educational value beyond just being deliciously awesome
  • Understand how text is treated in JavaScript 
  • Learn how to perform common string operations
  • Use arrays to handle lists of data
  • Learn to create custom objects

 

For recommendations of JavaScript books see JavaScript Beginners Book Choice and Advanced JavaScript Book Choices in our Programmer's Bookshelf section.

 

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