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The emergence of web technologies like HTML5, jQuery, and Ajax has supercharged interest in JavaScript but newcomers to the language have found it practically impossible to find a useful, hands-on introduction to modern JavaScript programming. Equally valuable as both a tutorial and reference, Learning JavaScript: A Hands-On Guide to the Fundamentals of Modern JavaScript is the book todays JavaScript beginners have been searching for. Leading web developer, speaker, and innovator Tim Wright has brought together everything JavaScript novices need to know and hes completely avoided all the “filler” and obsolete content that make other JavaScript books so frustrating. Step by step, Wright illuminates key techniques ranging from events to data storage, code organization to library usage and integration with HTML5 and CSS3. This authoritative, enthusiastic book will prepare readers to apply JavaScript best practices in production projects, writing robust, secure code for the design level (jQuery, interface design), the development level (NodeJS, front-end templating), or both.

Smart, friendly, enthusiastic, and packed with modern examples, Learning JavaScript covers both design-level and development-level JavaScript. You’ll find expert knowledge and best practices for everything from jQuery and interface design to code organization and front-end templating. Wright’s focused coverage includes regular break points and clear reviews that make modern JavaScript easier to learn and easier to use!

Learning JavaScript is your fastest route to success with JavaScript whether you’re entirely new to the language or you need to sharpen and upgrade skills you first learned a decade ago!

Coverage includes:

    Mastering all of the JavaScript concepts and terminology you need to write new programs or efficiently modify existing code
    Creating robust, secure code for both the design and development levels
    Maximizing usability, reusability, accessibility, clarity, security, and performance
    Taking full advantage of the browser environments your code will run in
    Accessing the DOM to create behaviors and data interactions
    Storing data for easy and efficient access
    Using variables, functions, loops, and other core language features
    Interacting with users through events
    Communicating with servers through Ajax
    Improving your productivity with JavaScript libraries

    Paperback: 360 pages
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (August 5, 2012)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0321832744
    ISBN-13: 978-0321832740