JavaScript for Gurus
Use JavaScript programming features, techniques and modules to solve everyday problems
1st Edition
Published on 11. March 2020
278 pages
978-93-89423-67-9 (ISBN)
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Ockert J. Preez
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Errata
- Table of Contents
- SECTION I: Introductory Concepts
- Introduction
- 1. Overview of the Power of JavaScript and Its Purpose
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What is JavaScript?
- History of JavaScript
- Browser wars
- The start of JavaScript
- Why JavaScript?
- JavaScript features
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 2. JavaScript Objects
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- JavaScript objects
- Primitive values and primitive data types
- string
- number
- bigint
- boolean
- null
- undefined
- symbol
- The object data type
- Creating objects
- Object literal syntax
- Using 'new' with in-built object constructor functions
- Using 'new' with user defined constructor functions
- Object.create()
- Object.assign()
- ES6 classes
- The 'this' keyword
- Method
- Alone
- In a function
- In a function in strict mode
- In an event
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 3. JavaScript Statements
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Anatomy of a statement
- JavaScript code blocks
- Grouping statements
- while loop
- for loop
- if statement
- Whitespace and line breaks
- Whitespace
- A while loop without whitespace
- A for loop without whitespace
- if without whitespace
- A while loop with whitespace
- A for loop with whitespace
- if with whitespace
- Line breaks
- A while loop with line breaks and whitespace
- A for loop with line breaks and whitespace
- if with whitespace and line breaks
- JavaScript keywords
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 4. JavaScript Operators
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are operators?
- Major operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Comparison operators
- Logical operators
- Assignment operators
- Operator sub-types
- Unary operators
- Binary operators
- Ternary operators
- Operator precedence
- That's not all
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 5. JavaScript Functions
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Functions
- Function declaration
- Event-invoked function example
- Directly invoked function example
- Self-invoked function example
- Parameters
- Default values
- Function expressions
- Conclusion
- Questions
- SECTION II: The Power of JavaScript
- Introduction
- 6. JavaScript Classes
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are classes?
- Creating a class
- Class declarations
- Class expressions
- Properties
- Properties of properties
- Methods
- Static methods
- Inheritance
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 7. JavaScript Prototypes
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are prototypes?
- Adding properties to a prototype object
- Prototypal inheritance
- Mixins
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 8. JavaScript Properties
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are properties?
- Properties of properties
- Getters and setters
- Adding tricks to getters and setters
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 9. JavaScript Promises
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- JavaScript Promises description
- JavaScript promises
- Synchronous versus asynchronous methods
- Chaining Promises
- Callbacks and Promisification
- Callbacks
- Microtasks and macrotasks
- Promise methods
- Promise.all
- Promise.allSettled
- Promise.any
- Promise.race
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 10. JavaScript Generatorsand Iterators
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are JavaScript generators?
- Advantages of generators
- Lazy evaluation
- Memory efficiency
- Iterators
- Iterables
- Async iterators vs.async generators
- Async iterators
- Code segment 1: Regular iterator
- Code segment 2: Async iterator
- Async generators
- Code segment 3: Regular generator function
- Code sample 4: Async generator function
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 11. Modules
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- What are the modules?
- Modules
- Benefits of modules
- Working with modules
- Exporting modules
- Importing modules
- Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
- CORS preflight request
- Moesif Origin & CORS Changer
- Command Prompt
- Out of blink CORS
- Dynamic import
- Nomodule
- Bundlers
- Quick notes on Bundlers
- Conclusion
- Questions
- SECTION III: Using JavaScript Productively
- Introduction
- 12. Variables
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Declaring variables
- Variable scope
- Local Scope versus Global scope
- Primitive types
- String
- Quotes
- Backticks
- Special characters
- String properties
- String methods
- Number
- Number properties
- Number methods
- BigInt
- Null versus undefined
- Boolean
- Symbol
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 13. Control Flow Statements
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Control-flow statements definition
- if statement
- else.if statement
- else statement
- switch statement
- Nested statements
- Conditional operator '?'
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 14. Loops
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- JavaScript loops
- for
- for...in
- for...of
- while
- do...while
- Exiting loops
- break
- break with label
- The continue statement
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 15. Code Quality
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Debugging
- JavaScript debugging language features
- The console window
- console.log
- console.time and console.timeEnd keywords
- More console methods
- The debugger keyword
- try and catch blocks
- Coding style
- Variable and object names
- Operators and indentation
- Rules for objects
- Comments
- Single line comments
- Multi-line comment
- Conclusion
- Questions
- SECTION IV: Advanced Concepts
- Introduction
- 16. JavaScript Arrays
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Arrays
- Creating arrays
- Method 1
- Method 2
- Adding items to an array
- Removing items from arrays
- Multidimensional arrays
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 17. Regular Expressions
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Regular expression definition
- Using a regular expression literal
- Calling the constructor function of the RegExp object
- Regular expression modifiers/flags
- Regular expression patterns
- Conclusion
- Questions
- 18. Partials and Currying
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Partials
- Currying
- Conclusion
- Questions
- SECTION V: JavaScript and Friends
- 19. JavaScript and Other Languages
- Introduction
- Structure
- Objectives
- Other languages
- jQuery and JavaScript
- JSON and JavaScript
- JavaScript objects
- The Object data type
- Creating JavaScript objects
- Object literal syntax
- The 'new' keyword
- Creating JSON objects
- Rules for valid JSON
- AJAX and JavaScript
- Languages based on or influenced by JavaScript
- ActionScript
- CoffeeScript
- TypeScript
- Conclusion
- Questions
