All You Need to Know, and Nothing You Don't, to Write JavaScript for
the Web and Beyond
JavaScript plays a key role in modern software development, not only
because it is the only language that runs inside virtually all web
browsers, but also because it has become widely used for back-end and
general-purpose development as well. Although JavaScript is a big
language, you don't need to learn "everything" about it to get started,
just how to use it efficiently to solve real problems. In Learn
Enough JavaScript to Be Dangerous, renowned instructor Michael Hartl
teaches the specific concepts, skills, and approaches you need to be
professionally productive.
Even if you've never programmed before, Hartl helps you quickly build
technical sophistication and master the lore you need to succeed.
Treating JavaScript as a general-purpose language right from the start,
Hartl offers examples for creating dynamic effects in browsers and for
writing scripts and modules using Node.js. Focused exercises help you
internalize what matters, without wasting time on details pros don't
care about. Soon, it'll be like you were born knowing this stuff--and
you'll be suddenly, seriously dangerous.
Learn enough about . . .
- Rapidly deploying a simple JavaScript app to the live Web
- Working with strings and other native JavaScript objects
- Applying functions and elegant, powerful functional-programming
techniques
- Creating new objects with both properties and methods
- Writing tests and improving code with test-driven development (TDD)
- Developing and using self-contained, modular NPM software packages
- Adding interactivity with event listeners, dynamic HTML forms, and DOM
manipulation
- Writing useful, nontrivial JavaScript shell scripts
- Building an industrial-grade interactive website with JavaScript, from
start to finish
Michael Hartl's Learn Enough series includes books and video courses
that focus on the most important parts of each subject, so you don't
have to learn everything to get started--you just have to learn enough
to be dangerous and solve technical problems yourself.
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