Completely revised and updated this best-selling introduction to programming in JavaScript
focuses on writing real applications. JavaScript lies at the heart of almost every modern web
application from social apps like Twitter to browser-based game frameworks like Phaser and
Babylon. Though simple for beginners to pick up and play with JavaScript is a flexible
complex language that you can use to build full-scale applications. This much anticipated and
thoroughly revised third edition of Eloquent JavaScript dives deep into the JavaScript language
to show you how to write beautiful effective code. It has been updated to reflect the current
state of Java¬Script and web browsers and includes brand-new material on features like class
notation arrow functions iterators async functions template strings and block scope. A
host of new exercises have also been added to test your skills and keep you on track. As with
previous editions Haverbeke continues to teach through extensive examples and immerses you in
code from the start while exercises and full-chapter projects give you hands-on experience
with writing your own programs. You start by learning the basic structure of the JavaScript
language as well as control structures functions and data structures to help you write basic
programs. Then you'll learn about error handling and bug fixing modularity and asynchronous
programming before moving on to web browsers and how JavaScript is used to program them. As you
build projects such as an artificial life simulation a simple programming language and a
paint program you'll learn how to: - Understand the essential elements of programming
including syntax control and data - Organize and clarify your code with object-oriented and
functional programming techniques - Script the browser and make basic web applications - Use
the DOM effectively to interact with browsers - Harness Node.js to build servers and utilities
Isn't it time you became fluent in the language of the Web? * All source code is available
online in an inter¬active sandbox where you can edit the code run it and see its output
instantly.
