Speaking JavaScript

Book Description Like it or not, JavaScript is everywhere these days—from browser to server to mobile—and now you, too, need to learn the language or dive deeper than you have. This concise book guides you into and through JavaScript, written by a veteran programmer who once found himself in the same position. Speaking JavaScript helps you approach the language with four standalone sections. First, a quick-start guide teaches you just enough of the language to help you be productive right away. More experienced JavaScript programmers will find a complete and easy-to-read reference that covers each language feature in depth. Complete contents include: JavaScript quick start: Familiar with object-oriented programming? This part helps you learn JavaScript quickly and properly. JavaScript in depth: Learn details of ECMAScript 5, from syntax, variables, functions, and object-oriented programming to regular expressions and JSON with lots of examples. Pick a topic and jump in. Background: Understand JavaScript’s history and its relationship with other programming languages. Tips, tools, and libraries: Survey existing style guides, best practices, advanced techniques, module systems, package managers, build tools, and learning resources. Table of Contents Part I: JavaScript Quick Start Chapter 1. Basic JavaScript Part II: Background Chapter 2. Why JavaScript? Chapter 3. The Nature of JavaScript Chapter 4. How JavaScript Was Created Chapter 5. Standardization: ECMAScript Chapter 6. Historical JavaScript Milestones Part III: JavaScript in Depth Chapter 7. JavaScript’s Syntax Chapter 8. Values Chapter 9. Operators Chapter 10. Booleans Chapter 11. Numbers Chapter 12. Strings Chapter 13. Statements Chapter 14. Exception Handling Chapter 15. Functions Chapter 16. Variables: Scopes, Environments, and Closures Chapter 17. Objects and Inheritance Chapter 18. Arrays Chapter 19. Regular Expressions Chapter 20. Dates Chapter 21. Math Chapter 22. JSON Chapter 23. Standard Global Variables Chapter 24. Unicode and JavaScript Chapter 25. New in ECMAScript 5 Part IV: Tips, Tools, and Libraries Chapter 26. A Meta Code Style Guide Chapter 27. Language Mechanisms for Debugging Chapter 28. Subclassing Built-ins Chapter 29. JSDoc: Generating API Documentation Chapter 30. Libraries Chapter 31. Module Systems and Package Managers Chapter 32. More Tools Chapter 33. What to Do Next Book Details Paperback: 460 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media (February 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1449365035 ISBN-13: 978-1449365035