JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamically typed, multi-paradigm programming language standardized as ECMAScript and used for web and general-purpose programming.
Build a Frontend Web Framework (From Scratch)
JavaScript used without a frontend framework or other abstraction layer.
- How it is used
- Builds a browser to-do app without a framework to expose the work involved in keeping its view synchronized with state.
- How deep it goes
- Works through setup, rendering, event listeners, and add, remove, and edit functions; stops short of production-level completeness.
- Examples
- Uses a to-do app with an input, Add button, dynamically created list items, and read and edit views.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch: implement a small interactive browser app and update its DOM explicitly after state changes.
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Essential TypeScript 5, Third Edition
A dynamic, multi-paradigm programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly executed in web browsers and server runtimes.
- How it is used
- Serves as TypeScript’s runtime output and package ecosystem while providing the type behavior that motivates static checking.
- How deep it goes
- Works through coercion and dynamic types, then explains compiler targets, module choices, and JavaScript type declarations.
- Examples
- Uses mixed-type prices, changing `typeof` results, a tax function, and ES5 compiler output.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure it through TypeScript compiler targets and module settings, and diagnose unexpected results from JavaScript’s dynamic types.
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Web Components in Action
JavaScript is a programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly executed in web browsers.
- How it is used
- Uses JavaScript to generate browser-component markup from data and support custom elements across browser environments.
- How deep it goes
- Explains template literals, interpolation, array-based generation, and transpilation workflows, but defers broader build-process details.
- Examples
- Demonstrates a customizable business card, generated select menus, ES2015 syntax, and separate modern-browser and IE11 builds.
- What you can do after
- Build data-driven Web Components and transpile their newer JavaScript syntax for IE11 with Babel.
Bootstrapping Microservices, Second Edition: With Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and Terraform
JavaScript is a high-level programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly used for web and server-side development.
- How it is used
- Uses JavaScript to implement Node.js microservices while leaving other languages available for individual services.
- How deep it goes
- Introduces Node.js basics through a simple service and local setup, but defers a full treatment of Node.js.
- Examples
- Uses a Node.js HTTP server that streams video to a browser and runs locally as a JavaScript project.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Node.js to create a streaming-video HTTP microservice and run it in a local single-service environment.
Pro Angular 16
JavaScript is a programming language commonly used to implement behavior in web pages and client-side applications.
- How it is used
- Positions JavaScript as the code browsers execute after an Angular application’s TypeScript and templates are compiled.
- How deep it goes
- Introduces basic language features and the compilation path, but stops short of a comprehensive JavaScript guide.
- Examples
- Traces `ng serve` through compilation and import-driven bundling, with a table identifying the resulting JavaScript bundles.
- What you can do after
- Evaluate/understand why Angular source files differ from the JavaScript delivered to a browser.
Math for Web Design
A standardized programming language commonly used to add computation and interactive behavior to web pages and applications.
- How it is used
- Drives interactive, animated, and runtime-responsive UI behavior when CSS math cannot express the required logic.
- How deep it goes
- Explains operators, Math methods, comparisons, and practical layout calculations, while flagging number precision as a further concern.
- Examples
- Uses viewport breakpoints, password-length validation, increment ordering, and weighted dashboard widgets.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via built-in Math functions and custom logic to calculate and update interactive frontend behavior.
Build a Website with ChatGPT
JavaScript is a programming language commonly executed in web browsers to provide interactive web-page behavior.
- How it is used
- Adds browser interactivity and dynamic behavior to frontend pages built with HTML and CSS.
- How deep it goes
- Defines event handlers and demonstrates generated implementations, but stops short of teaching JavaScript syntax or internals.
- Examples
- Demonstrates lightboxes, thumbnail click handlers, JSON-driven course catalogs, dropdowns, sorting, filtering, and search.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via generated code to build interactive static pages and customize them cautiously.
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja, Second Edition
A high-level, dynamically typed programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly used for web, server-side, desktop, mobile, and other application development.
- How it is used
- Supports application development across web, mobile, desktop, and cloud-based serverless domains.
- How deep it goes
- Introduces first-class functions, closures, scopes, and prototypes, while deferring detailed treatment of functions and scopes.
- Examples
- Contrasts Bob’s multi-language career with Ann’s JavaScript web, mobile, desktop, and serverless projects.
- What you can do after
- Understand core JavaScript mechanics and browser infrastructure for developing applications across domains.
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Grokking Simplicity
A high-level programming language commonly used for scripting and application development across web and server environments.
- How it is used
- Uses JavaScript to teach language-agnostic functional-programming reasoning and asynchronous timeline analysis.
- How deep it goes
- Explains JavaScript’s single-threaded asynchronous model through callbacks, timelines, simplification rules, and a practical diagramming exercise.
- Examples
- Uses a dinner function, a button click handler, timeline diagrams, and a synchronous-action consolidation exercise.
- What you can do after
- Diagnose asynchronous ordering problems by drawing, simplifying, and interpreting JavaScript timelines.
D3.js in Action, Third Edition
A high-level programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly executed in web browsers and JavaScript runtimes.
- How it is used
- Supports D3 projects through method chaining, DOM manipulation, and dataset operations.
- How deep it goes
- Explains method chaining and object manipulation with examples, while deferring a full JavaScript introduction.
- Examples
- Uses chained D3 selections, arrays of values, employee objects, and map, filter, find, and forEach operations.
- What you can do after
- Apply JavaScript through D3 method chains and common array and object operations.
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Everyday Data Visualization
JavaScript is a general-purpose programming language widely used for interactive behavior in web browsers and other environments.
- How it is used
- Supports front-end web development and browser-based data visualization through libraries such as D3.
- How deep it goes
- Introduces asynchronous execution and D3-based visualization, but stops short of teaching coding fundamentals.
- Examples
- Uses a fruit-data bar chart and points to data visualizations published by The New York Times.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via D3 to create a basic web-based bar chart.
Road to Kubernetes
JavaScript is a dynamic programming language standardized as ECMAScript and commonly used for web application development.
- How it is used
- Uses JavaScript and Node.js to build a continuously reusable web application for learning deployment practices.
- How deep it goes
- Explains basic Express.js applications, dependencies, request handling, templates, and Git, stopping short of comprehensive application development.
- Examples
- Uses a basic Express.js web application, URL functions, HTTP methods, templates, package.json, and a Git repository.
- What you can do after
- Build it from scratch with Node.js and Express.js, track changes with Git, and prepare dependencies for repeatable deployment.
Related concepts
- TypeScriptincludes · TypeScript is a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds type-system features and is compiled to JavaScript.
- TypeScript compilerproduced by · The TypeScript compiler analyzes and checks TypeScript source code and can emit JavaScript and declaration files.
- D3.jsused by · D3.js is an open-source JavaScript library for binding data to documents and creating dynamic, interactive visualizations in web browsers.
- JSXincludes · JSX is a JavaScript syntax extension for expressing user-interface elements with XML-like or HTML-like markup that is transformed into JavaScript.
- garbage collectionkind of · Garbage collection is an automated memory- or storage-management process that identifies objects or data no longer reachable or needed and reclaims or deletes them.
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