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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)

The String Object

Like number values, character strings also come with a useful object called the String object. Similarly, the String object provides numerous functions, methods, and properties oriented around strings.

Also similar to the Number object is the String function, which converts any passed value into a string. The String function works by calling the value's toString function, which we'll discuss a little later.

The length Property

The String object, and thus strings themselves, have only one property: the length property. As the name suggests, the length property returns the length of the string as an integer. As the indexing of a string starts at zero, the length is always one more than the last character index:

"Hello, World!".length;
// =>  13

The length property is particularly useful for iterating over the string, or when working with many of the string methods when its length is not already known.

String Methods...