Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition: A Modern Introduction to Programming

Completely revised and updated, this best-selling introduction to programming in JavaScript focuses on writing real applications.

JavaScript lies at the heart of almost every modern web application, from social apps like Twitter to browser-based game frameworks like Phaser and Babylon. Though simple for beginners to pick up and play with, JavaScript is a flexible, complex language that you can use to build full-scale applications.

This much anticipated and thoroughly revised third edition of Eloquent JavaScript dives deep into the JavaScript language to show you how to write beautiful, effective code. It has been updated to reflect the current state of Java¬Script and web browsers and includes brand-new material on features like class notation, arrow functions, iterators, async functions, template strings, and block scope. A host of new exercises have also been added to test your skills and keep you on track.

As with previous editions, Haverbeke continues to teach through extensive examples and immerses you in code from the start, while exercises and full-chapter projects give you hands-on experience with writing your own programs. You start by learning the basic structure of the JavaScript language as well as control structures, functions, and data structures to help you write basic programs. Then you'll learn about error handling and bug fixing, modularity, and asynchronous programming before moving on to web browsers and how JavaScript is used to program them. As you build projects such as an artificial life simulation, a simple programming language, and a paint program, you'll learn how to:

- Understand the essential elements of programming, including syntax, control, and data
- Organize and clarify your code with object-oriented and functional programming techniques
- Script the browser and make basic web applications
- Use the DOM effectively to interact with browsers
- Harness Node.js to build servers and utilities

Isn't it time you became fluent in the language of the Web?

* All source code is available online in an inter¬active sandbox, where you can edit the code, run it, and see its output instantly.

Contents

     Introduction

    (Part 1: Language)

    Values, Types, and Operators

    Program Structure

    Functions

    Data Structures: Objects and Arrays

    Higher-order Functions

    The Secret Life of Objects

    Project: A Robot

    Bugs and Errors

    Regular Expressions

    Modules

    Asynchronous Programming

    Project: A Programming Language

    (Part 2: Browser)

    JavaScript and the Browser

    The Document Object Model

    Handling Events

    Project: A Platform Game

    Drawing on Canvas

    HTTP and Forms

    Project: A Pixel Art Editor

    (Part 3: Node)

    Node.js

    Project: Skill-Sharing Website

Marijn Haverbeke is a programming language enthusiast and polyglot. He's worked on a wide range of software systems, from databases to compilers to editors. He runs a small business around his open source projects.