JavaScript is the programming language of the web and is used by more
software developers today than any other programming language. For
nearly 25 years this best seller has been the go-to guide for JavaScript
programmers. The seventh edition is fully updated to cover the 2020
version of JavaScript, and new chapters cover classes, modules,
iterators, generators, Promises, async/await, and metaprogramming.
You'll find illuminating and engaging example code throughout.
This book is for programmers who want to learn JavaScript and for web
developers who want to take their understanding and mastery to the next
level. It begins by explaining the JavaScript language itself, in
detail, from the bottom up. It then builds on that foundation to cover
the web platform and Node.js.
Topics include:
- Types, values, variables, expressions, operators, statements, objects,
and arrays
- Functions, classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, and
async/await
- JavaScript's standard library: data structures, regular expressions,
JSON, i18n, etc.
- The web platform: documents, components, graphics, networking,
storage, and threads
- Node.js: buffers, files, streams, threads, child processes, web
clients, and web servers
- Tools and language extensions that professional JavaScript developers
rely on