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Start your journey towards becoming a JavaScript developer with the help of more than 100 fun exercises and projects.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.
Key Features
Write eloquent JavaScript and employ fundamental and advanced features to create your own web apps
Interact with the browser with HTML and JavaScript, and add dynamic images, shapes, and text with HTML5 Canvas
Build a password checker, paint web app, hangman game, and many more fun projects
Book Description
This book demonstrates the capabilities of JavaScript for web application development by combining theoretical learning with code exercises and fun projects that you can challenge yourself with. The guiding principle of the book is to show how straightforward JavaScript techniques can be used to make web apps ranging from dynamic websites to simple browser-based games.
JavaScript from Beginner to Professional focuses on key programming concepts and Document Object Model manipulations that are used to solve common problems in professional web applications. These include data validation, manipulating the appearance of web pages, working with asynchronous and concurrent code.
The book uses project-based learning to provide context for the theoretical components in a series of code examples that can be used as modules of an application, such as input validators, games, and simple animations. This will be supplemented with a brief crash course on HTML and CSS to illustrate how JavaScript components fit into a complete web application.
As you learn the concepts, you can try them in your own editor or browser console to get a solid understanding of how they work and what they do. By the end of this JavaScript book, you will feel confident writing core JavaScript code and be equipped to progress to more advanced libraries, frameworks, and environments such as React, Angular, and Node.js.
What you will learn
Use logic statements to make decisions within your code
Save time with JavaScript loops by avoiding writing the same code repeatedly
Use JavaScript functions and methods to selectively execute code
Connect to HTML5 elements and bring your own web pages to life with interactive content
Make your search patterns more effective with regular expressions
Explore concurrency and asynchronous programming to process events efficiently and improve performance
Get a head start on your next steps with primers on key libraries, frameworks, and APIs
Who this book is for
This book is for people who are new to JavaScript (JS) or those looking to build up their skills in web development. Basic familiarity with HTML & CSS would be beneficial.
Whether you are a junior or intermediate developer who needs an easy-to-understand practical guide for JS concepts, a developer who wants to transition into working with JS, or a student studying programming concepts using JS, this book will prove helpful.
Table of Contents
Getting Started with JavaScript
JavaScript Essentials
JavaScript Multiple Values
Logic Statements
Loops
Functions
Classes
Built-In JavaScript Methods
The Document Object Model
Dynamic Element Manipulation Using the DOM
Interactive Content and Event Listeners
Intermediate JavaScript
Concurrency
HTML5, Canvas, and JavaScript
Next Steps
Appendix – Practice Exercise, Project, and Self-Check Quiz Answers
From the Publisher
Key Topics Covered:
Why should you learn JavaScript?
Storing data in variables, arrays, and objects
Making decisions with logical statements and loops
Writing efficient, maintainable code with functions, methods, and classes
Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript to add interactivity and bring web pages to life
Using local storage and cookies to save user data
What are the key takeaways from this book?
This book helps students get to grips with JavaScript fundamentals and apply them in code. It covers the components needed to write scripts, shows you how to apply JavaScript to create interactive web pages, and contains many exercises to get hands-on experience.
Understanding the building blocks of JavaScript provides a foundation for your own applications, and the quick guides on HTML and JSON really make it the only book you’ll need when learning JavaScript for web development.
Key Features:
Learn to write idiomatic JavaScript code, and create effective, customizable programs to complete tasks and solve problems
Add JavaScript to web pages using the latest HTML5 features, and add images, drawings, and animations using the Canvas API
Implement your knowledge in a variety of challenging exercises and exciting projects, which will consolidate your learning and push your abilities to the limit
What makes this book necessary? What gap does it fill?
As the internet evolves, learning how to create custom user experiences is essential to the modern web experience. JavaScript is one of the core technologies for the web, alongside HTML and CSS, and it’s an essential skill to have as a modern web developer.
As a more hands-on form of learning than many of the other books out there, writing real code and having the ability to see your programs in action is a great way to learn to program. This book is filled with coding examples, setting the learner on the right path for practicing and creating interactive web content.
We wanted a book that could be used in live classroom training. We wanted it to give students something after the course if we didn’t manage to cover all the topics. Therefore, the exercises are designed as starter projects which can be used as a reference for real-world applications to gain more experience and begin an original portfolio.
How does your book differ from other JavaScript books?
This book is a one-stop shop to learn JavaScript, starting from an absolute beginner level up to an employable skill level. It doesn’t just cover the theory and show how things are done conceptually, but it also invites you to put your newly acquired knowledge into practice in a unique and innovative way.
We give particular focus to projects that create experiences for web users, bringing all aspects of coding together. By focusing on the browser’s DOM on top of pure JavaScript at an early stage, we demonstrate how simple techniques can create very real experiences. This is where your level of JavaScript should start to feel like an applicable skill.
Once you’ve completed the book, we introduce a variety of frameworks and libraries to give an idea of the directions a JavaScript programmer could take. The step to developing with environments, frameworks, and libraries like Node.js, Angular, and React has gotten smaller in recent years, and we aim to point you in the right direction.
Publisher : Packt Publishing (December 15, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 546 pages
ISBN-10 : 1800562527
ISBN-13 : 978-1800562523
Item Weight : 2.05 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 1.23 x 9.25 inches
