You Don't Know JS Yet: Get Started

Description

The worldwide best selling You Don't Know JS book series is back for a 2nd edition: You Don't Know JS Yet. All 6 books are brand new, rewritten to cover all sides of JS for 2020 and beyond. You'll still get in-depth coverage of the core language, applied in useful code organization patterns for your programs. And of course, through Kyle's unique perspective and conversational tone, explore passionate, reasoned debate of the most common questions developers face. Get Started, the first book in the new edition series, is where to start your journey of knowing JS more deeply. This book surveys the language in multiple layers of detail, laying out a roadmap with the other books as guides for your learning and growth. For any developer hoping to move from early JS experience to a deeper level, here is your first step to get started. In Get Started, you'll explore: How the JS language evolves, how JS programs actually work, and busting of common myths The building blocks of JS: values, functions, and more The roots and pillars of JS: types, closure, and prototypes Table of Contents Foreword Preface The Parts The Title? The Mission The Path Chapter 1: What Is JavaScript? About This Book What's With That Name? Language Specification Many Faces Backwards & Forwards What's in an Interpretation? Strictly Speaking Defined Chapter 2: Surveying JS Each File is a Program Values Declaring and Using Variables Functions Comparisons How We Organize in JS The Rabbit Hole Deepens Chapter 3: Digging to the Roots of JS Iteration Closure this Keyword Prototypes Asking ``Why?'' Chapter 4: The Bigger Picture Pillar 1: Scope and Closure Pillar 2: Prototypes Pillar 3: Types and Coercion With the Grain In Order Appendix A: Exploring Further Values vs. References So Many Function Forms Coercive Conditional Comparison Prototypal ``Classes'' Appendix B: Practice, Practice, Practice! Practicing Comparisons Practicing Closure Practicing Prototypes Suggested Solutions