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Advanced JavaScript

By : Zachary Shute
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Advanced JavaScript

By: Zachary Shute

Overview of this book

If you are looking for a programming language to develop flexible and efficient applications, JavaScript is an obvious choice. Advanced JavaScript is a hands-on guide that takes you through JavaScript and its many features, one step at a time. You'll begin by learning how to use the new JavaScript syntax in ES6, and then work through the many other features that modern JavaScript has to offer. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll use asynchronous programming with callbacks and promises, handle browser events, and perform Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation. You'll also explore various methods of testing JavaScript projects. In the concluding chapters, you'll discover functional programming and learn to use it to build your apps. With this book as your guide, you'll also be able to develop APIs using Node.js and Express, create front-ends using React/Redux, and build mobile apps using React/Expo. By the end of Advanced JavaScript, you will have explored the features and benefits of JavaScript to build small applications.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

JQuery


jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that's designed to simplify DOM interaction. It is one of the most popular libraries used in web development. jQuery is designed to simplify calls to the DOM and to make code more streamlined. In this topic, we will outline what jQuery is, how to install jQuery in a project, jQuery basics, using jQuery for DOM manipulation, and handling events with jQuery.

jQuery is a library that's designed to make DOM traversal, manipulation, event handling, animation, and AJAX requests simpler to use and to make code that uses those elements more streamlined. jQuery is an extensive JavaScript library. A strong grasp of JavaScript is essential for harnessing all of the power of jQuery.

jQuery provides an easy to use API that has extensive cross browser compatibility. jQuery implements what they call "current " browser support. This simply means that JQuery will run and is supported on a browser's current release version and previous release (v23.x and 22...