How JavaScript Works Contributor(s): Crockford, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1949815005 ISBN-13: 9781949815009 Publisher: Virgule-Solidus LLC
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - Javascript |
Dewey: 005.276 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 7" W x 10" L (1.08 lbs) 280 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book is for people who have had some experience with JavaScript, and want to have a better, deeper understanding of how it works and how to use it well. It is also for experienced programmers who are looking to understand the workings of another language. This book is not for beginners. I hope to someday write a book for beginners. This is not that book. This is not a light book. If you skim it, you will likely get nothing from of it. This book is not about JavaScript engines or virtual machines. It is about the language itself and the things every programmer should know about it. This book is a radical reappraisal of JavaScript, how it works, how it could be made better, and how it can be better used. It is about how to think about JavaScript and how to think in JavaScript. I am going to pretend that the current version of the language is the only version. I am not going to waste your time by showing how things worked in ES1 or ES3 or ES5. That does not matter. The focus is on how JavaScript works for us now. This book is not comprehensive. There are large, complex chunks of the language that will be dismissed without a word. If I fail to mention your most favorite feature, that is most likely because that feature is crap. I will not be paying much attention to syntax. I am assuming that you already know how to write an if statement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crockford, Douglas: - Douglas Crockford has been called a JavaScript Guru, but he is more of a Mahatma. He was born in Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, but left when he was only six months old because it was just too damn cold. He has worked in learning systems, small business systems, office automation, games, interactive music, multimedia, location-based entertainment, social systems, and programming languages. He is the inventor of Tilton, the ugliest programming language that was not specifically designed to be an ugly programming language. He is best known for having discovered that there are good parts in JavaScript. That was the first important discovery of the Twenty First Century. He also discovered the JSON Data Interchange Format, the world's most loved data format. |
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