JavaScript, (Paperback)

Start your journey towards becoming a JavaScript developer with the help of more than 100 fun exercises and projects.

Key Features

Write eloquent JavaScript and employ fundamental and advanced features to create your own web apps

Interact with the browser with HTML and JavaScript, and add dynamic images, shapes, and text with HTML5 Canvas

Build a password checker, paint web app, hangman game, and many more fun projects

Book Description

This book demonstrates the capabilities of JavaScript for web application development by combining theoretical learning with code exercises and fun projects that you can challenge yourself with. The guiding principle of the book is to show how straightforward JavaScript techniques can be used to make web apps ranging from dynamic websites to simple browser-based games.

What you will learn

Use logic statements to make decisions within your code

Save time with JavaScript loops by avoiding writing the same code repeatedly

Use JavaScript functions and methods to selectively execute code

Connect to HTML5 elements and bring your own web pages to life with interactive content

Make your search patterns more effective with regular expressions

Explore concurrency and asynchronous programming to process events efficiently and improve performance

Get a head start on your next steps with primers on key libraries, frameworks, and APIs

Who this book is for

This book is for people who are new to JavaScript (JS) or those looking to build up their skills in web development. Basic familiarity with HTML & CSS would be beneficial.