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JavaScript by Example

By : Dani Akash S
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JavaScript by Example

By: Dani Akash S

Overview of this book

JavaScript is the programming language that all web developers need to learn. The first item on our JavaScript to-do list is building g a To-do list app, which you'll have done by the end of the first chapter. You'll explore DOM manipulation with JavaScript and work with event listeners. You'll work with images and text to build a Meme creator. You will also learn about ES (ECMAScript) classes, and will be introduced to layouts using the CSS3 Flexbox. You'll also develop a responsive Event Registration form that allows users to register for your upcoming event and use charts and graphics to display registration data. You will then build a weather application, which will show you different ways perform AJAX requests and work with dynamic, external data. WebRTC enables real-time communication in a web browser; you'll learn how to use it when you build a real-time video-call and chat application later in the book. Towards the end of the book, you will meet React, Facebook's JavaScript library for building user interfaces. You'll throw together a blog with React, and get a feel for why this kind of JavaScript framework is used to build large-scale applications. To make your blog more maintainable and scalable, you'll use Redux to manage data across React components.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning. Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "In our index.html file, our <body> element is divided into a navigation bar and div containing the contents of the website."

A block of code is set as follows:

loadTasks() {
let tasksHtml = this.tasks.reduce((html, task, index) => html +=
this.generateTaskHtml(task, index), '');
document.getElementById('taskList').innerHTML = tasksHtml;
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

function mapStateToProps() {
return {
// No states needed by App Component
};
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

npm install -g http-server

New terms and important words are shown in bold.

Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Clicking on the Read More button in the home page will take you to the post details page instantly."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.
Tips and tricks appear like this.