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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)

Introducing Functional Programming


There are many different ways to approach software design and construction. The two most well-known design philosophies, or programming paradigms, are Object-oriented programming (OOP) and Functional Programming (FP). A programming paradigm is a way of thinking about software design and construction. Programming paradigms are based on several defining principles and are used to organize and characterize the design and construction of software applications. Functional Programming is a programming paradigm focused on building software through expressions and declarations. In this section, we will discuss the very basics of Object-Oriented Programming and Functional Programming, and compare the two programming paradigms.

Object-Oriented Programming

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on objects and statements. Objects are programming abstractions used to organize pieces of an application. In OOP, objects usually contain and store...