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JavaScript from Beginner to Professional

By : Laurence Lars Svekis, Maaike van Putten, Codestars By Rob Percival
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JavaScript from Beginner to Professional

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By: Laurence Lars Svekis, Maaike van Putten, Codestars By Rob Percival

Overview of this book

This book demonstrates the capabilities of JavaScript for web application development by combining theoretical learning with code exercises and fun projects that you can challenge yourself with. The guiding principle of the book is to show how straightforward JavaScript techniques can be used to make web apps ranging from dynamic websites to simple browser-based games. JavaScript from Beginner to Professional focuses on key programming concepts and Document Object Model manipulations that are used to solve common problems in professional web applications. These include data validation, manipulating the appearance of web pages, working with asynchronous and concurrent code. The book uses project-based learning to provide context for the theoretical components in a series of code examples that can be used as modules of an application, such as input validators, games, and simple animations. This will be supplemented with a brief crash course on HTML and CSS to illustrate how JavaScript components fit into a complete web application. As you learn the concepts, you can try them in your own editor or browser console to get a solid understanding of how they work and what they do. By the end of this JavaScript book, you will feel confident writing core JavaScript code and be equipped to progress to more advanced libraries, frameworks, and environments such as React, Angular, and Node.js.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Digital accessibility in HTML

Digital accessibility is of huge importance for visually impaired people or those unable to use a mouse. In order to use the internet with little or no vision, screen readers are in place. This is a special piece of software that reads what is on the screen or converts it to braille using special devices connected to the computer. People that cannot use a mouse will often rely on speech to give the computer instructions.

Early web applications were terrible in terms of accessibility. Luckily, WAI-ARIA created a technical specification of how to make the internet digitally accessible. Dynamic parts can be recognized if implemented correctly, and by adding semantics and metadata to the HTML, it's better useable for external tooling.

Semantics might be one of the most important parts here. This comes down to using the right HTML element for the right purpose. If something should be clicked, it is best to make it a <button> element and...