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The JavaScript Workshop

By : Joseph Labrecque, Jahred Love, Daniel Rosenbaum, Nick Turner, Gaurav Mehla, Alonzo L. Hosford, Florian Sloot, Philip Kirkbride
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The JavaScript Workshop

By: Joseph Labrecque, Jahred Love, Daniel Rosenbaum, Nick Turner, Gaurav Mehla, Alonzo L. Hosford, Florian Sloot, Philip Kirkbride

Overview of this book

If you're looking for a programming language to develop flexible and efficient apps, JavaScript is a great choice. However, while offering real benefits, the complexity of the entire JavaScript ecosystem can be overwhelming. This Workshop is a smarter way to learn JavaScript. It is specifically designed to cut through the noise and help build your JavaScript skills from scratch, while sparking your interest with engaging activities and clear explanations. Starting with explanations of JavaScript's fundamental programming concepts, this book will introduce the key tools, libraries and frameworks that programmers use in everyday development. You will then move on and see how to handle data, control the flow of information in an application, and create custom events. You'll explore the differences between client-side and server-side JavaScript, and expand your knowledge further by studying the different JavaScript development paradigms, including object-oriented and functional programming. By the end of this JavaScript book, you'll have the confidence and skills to tackle real-world JavaScript development problems that reflect the emerging requirements of the modern web.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Summary

Like promises, async/await has become very important in JavaScript. You saw how this syntax helps your code appear almost like a synchronous code and can make your code clearer with regard to your desired intent. It even enables error handling in a more standard way with try/catch.

But this is sometimes deceptive and can get you into trouble if you are not careful. It is important to understand how an asynchronous code differs from sequential code, in particular, how asynchronous code is triggered by event loops and does not block the main execution thread. The same is true with promises themselves, but with async/await looking so similar to synchronous code, it could be easy to forget this fact.

That said, async/await is still very powerful and worth using. We have reached the end of this book. By now, you have gained a comprehensive understanding of the foundations and basics of JavaScript. You have also fully understood JavaScript syntax and structures for the web...