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Javascript from Beginner to Professional: Learn Javascript Quickly by Building Fun, Interactive, and Dynamic Web Apps, Games, and Pages
This book demonstrates the capabilities of JavaScript for web application development by combining theoretical learning with code exercises and fun projects that you can challenge yourself with. The guiding principle of the book is to show how straightforward JavaScript techniques can be used to make web apps ranging from dynamic websites to simple browser-based games.
JavaScript from Beginner to Professional focuses on key programming concepts and Document Object Model manipulations that are used to solve common problems in professional web applications. These include data validation, manipulating the appearance of web pages, working with asynchronous and concurrent code.
The book uses project-based learning to provide context for the theoretical components in a series of code examples that can be used as modules of an application, such as input validators, games, and simple animations. This will be supplemented with a brief crash course on HTML and CSS to illustrate how JavaScript components fit into a complete web application.
As you learn the concepts, you can try them in your own editor or browser console to get a solid understanding of how they work and what they do. By the end of this JavaScript book, you will feel confident writing core JavaScript code and be equipped to progress to more advanced libraries, frameworks, and environments such as React, Angular, and Node.js.
JavaScript from Beginner to Professional focuses on key programming concepts and Document Object Model manipulations that are used to solve common problems in professional web applications. These include data validation, manipulating the appearance of web pages, working with asynchronous and concurrent code.
The book uses project-based learning to provide context for the theoretical components in a series of code examples that can be used as modules of an application, such as input validators, games, and simple animations. This will be supplemented with a brief crash course on HTML and CSS to illustrate how JavaScript components fit into a complete web application.
As you learn the concepts, you can try them in your own editor or browser console to get a solid understanding of how they work and what they do. By the end of this JavaScript book, you will feel confident writing core JavaScript code and be equipped to progress to more advanced libraries, frameworks, and environments such as React, Angular, and Node.js.
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544 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 15, 2021
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April 12, 2024
On the positive side, I would highlight:
+ It is an easy and enjoyable book to read. It's not tiring and doesn't waste time with the intricacies of the language (which has many!!!).
+ The explanations are simple. For someone who already has some knowledge of a programming language, it seems to me to be the right level. (For someone who has never dealt with a programming language before, I believe they will have some difficulty following the explanations. For example, in the explanation of how recursion works, a graph with a stack was missing.)
+ The book prioritizes presenting simple examples, easy to understand, with the respective code and explanation (even if they are just "toy problems", which I really appreciate).
+ It has many exercises and they are all solved
+ The source code and solved exercises are available for free online
On the negative side:
- Book for beginners, but in the end they will be far from being considered professionals, which is what the title suggests, since the topics don't go very deep. At the end of chapter 15 it states "with this knowledge, you may feel ready for an entry-level JavaScript position". Maybe...
- It is very focused on frontend, which is good, but it should have at least one full chapter on backend
Overall, it's a good book to start learning JS.
+ It is an easy and enjoyable book to read. It's not tiring and doesn't waste time with the intricacies of the language (which has many!!!).
+ The explanations are simple. For someone who already has some knowledge of a programming language, it seems to me to be the right level. (For someone who has never dealt with a programming language before, I believe they will have some difficulty following the explanations. For example, in the explanation of how recursion works, a graph with a stack was missing.)
+ The book prioritizes presenting simple examples, easy to understand, with the respective code and explanation (even if they are just "toy problems", which I really appreciate).
+ It has many exercises and they are all solved
+ The source code and solved exercises are available for free online
On the negative side:
- Book for beginners, but in the end they will be far from being considered professionals, which is what the title suggests, since the topics don't go very deep. At the end of chapter 15 it states "with this knowledge, you may feel ready for an entry-level JavaScript position". Maybe...
- It is very focused on frontend, which is good, but it should have at least one full chapter on backend
Overall, it's a good book to start learning JS.
January 7, 2025
Heavy on basic syntax such as loops but very light on useful syntax such as promises or async. A waste of time.
February 21, 2022
A good modern introduction to the javascript language, with exercises, questions, and answers.
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