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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)

Conditional and Loop Flow

Statements in JavaScript are processed sequentially in the order they're loaded. That order can be changed with conditional and loop code statements. The different parts of a control statement are as follows:

  • Code blocks {…}
  • Conditional flow statements, such as if...else, switch, try catch finally
  • Loop statements, such as for, do...while, while, for...in, and for...of
  • Other control statements, such as labeled, break, and continue

We will describe each of these in detail in the next section.

Code Blocks

Code blocks are statements that are placed between an open and close curly bracket. The syntax is as follows:

//Code block     
{                
   //Statement   
   //Statement   
   //Statement   
}

Code blocks by...