You're reading from Professional JavaScript for Web Developers Discover an easy-to-learn guide to upgrade your JavaScript skills

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2019

Publisher Wiley

ISBN-13 9781119366447

Length 1144 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Combine

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Matt Frisbie

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Table of Contents (37) Chapters

COVER FREE CHAPTER

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

1 What Is JavaScript?

2 JavaScript in HTML

3 Language Basics

4 Variables, Scope, and Memory

5 Basic Reference Types

6 Collection Reference Types

7 Iterators and Generators

8 Objects, Classes, and Object-Oriented Programming

9 Proxies and Reflect

10 Functions

11 Promises and Async Functions

12 The Browser Object Model

13 Client Detection

14 The Document Object Model

15 DOM Extensions

16 DOM Levels 2 and 3

17 Events

18 Animation and Graphics with Canvas

19 Scripting Forms

20 JavaScript APIs

21 Error Handling and Debugging

22 XML in JavaScript

23 JSON

24 Network Requests and Remote Resources

25 Client-Side Storage

26 Modules

27 Workers

28 Best Practices

A ES2018 and ES2019

B Strict Mode

C JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks

D JavaScript Tools

INDEX

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MODULE LOADERS

Module loaders allow you to request modules from the server on demand as opposed to loading every single JS module or a single bundled JS file all at once. The ECMAScript 6 module specification outlines an eventual target for browsers to natively support dynamic module loading. Presently, many browsers still do not support ES6 module loading, and therefore module loaders serve as a sort of polyfill that allows for packages to dynamically load modules from the client.

SystemJS

The SystemJS module loader is geared for either server or client use. It supports all module formats, including AMD, CommonJS, UMD, and ES6. It also supports in-browser transpilation (not recommended for large-scale projects because of performance implications).

Website: https://github.com/systemjs/

RequireJS

RequireJS is built atop the AMD module specification and offers exceptional legacy browser support. Although RequireJS is tried and true, the JavaScript community as a whole is largely...