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Synopsis
JavaScript Recipes is your go-to reference for tackling common and advanced JavaScript tasks. JavaScript is the world s most popular client-side scripting language and is gaining popularity on the server. Using a problem-solution approach, this book takes you from language basics like built-in objects and flow control all the way to advanced optimization techniques, frameworks and Node.js. Quickly discover solutions to common problems, best practices you can follow, and everything JavaScript has to offer.
You will learn language fundamentals like types, conversions, execution contexts, expressions, operators, statements, and built-in objects.With this book you'll be able to explore and make the most of your script s host environment and how to create your own JavaScript host using Google s V8 engine. Employ advanced optimization techniques to create scripts that execute as fast, or faster, than native executables.
JavaScript is a powerful language that developers have used to write 3D games, compilers and even a virtual machine that boots Linux. JavaScript Recipes shows you how to avoid wasting development time and concentrate on developing cutting-edge applications. You ll see how much quicker and efficient it is to develop with JavaScript. Start becoming a JavaScript pro withJavaScript Recipes today.
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Synopsis
Quickly discover solutions to common problems, best practices you can follow, and everything JavaScript has to offer. Using a problem-solution approach, this book takes you from language basics like built-in objects and flow control all the way to advanced optimization techniques, frameworks and Node.js.
With JavaScript Recipes you will learn language fundamentals like types, conversions, execution contexts, expressions, operators, statements, and built-in objects. You'll explore and make the most of your script's host environment and how to create your own JavaScript host using Google's V8 engine. Employ advanced optimization techniques to create scripts that execute as fast, or faster, than native executables.
JavaScript Recipes shows you how to avoid wasting development time and concentrate on developing cutting-edge applications. You'll see how much quicker and efficient it is to develop with JavaScript. Start becoming a JavaScript pro with JavaScript Recipes today.
What You'll Learn- Learn JavaScript language fundamentals and what they can do for you
- Use JavaScript's powerful features to develop next-generation applications
- Explore your script's host environment and extend it with your own objects
- Learn how to use Google's V8 Engine to create your own JavaScript environment
- Learn advanced optimization techniques
- Implement advanced techniques like closures, namespaces, and reflection
- How to use Node.js efficiently
Who This Book Is For
JavaScript developers who need to get development tasks accomplished quickly.
Synopsis
Chapter One: Working with JavaScript Data Types
Chapter Two: Working with Expressions
Chapter Three: Working with Strings
Chapter Four: Working with Numbers and Math
Chapter Five: Working with Bitwise Operations against 32-bit Integers
Chapter Six: Dates and Times
Chapter Seven: Working with Arrays
Chapter Eight: Working with Arrays in Loops
Chapter Nine: Working with Objects
Chapter Ten: Working with Sets
Chapter Eleven: Working with Maps
Chapter Twelve: Working with Functions
Chapter Thirteen: Working with Generators
Chapter Fourteen: Working with Template Literals
Chapter Fifteen: Working with Symbols
Chapter Sixteen: Working with Proxies
Chapter Seventeen: Working with Classes
Chapter Eighteen: Working with Events
Chapter Nineteen: Debugging and Handling Exceptions
Chapter Twenty: Working with Regular Expressions
Chapter Twenty-One: Working with Asynchronous Control Flow and Promises
Chapter Twenty-Two: Working with Modules