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JavaScript from Beginner to Professional

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

JavaScript from Beginner to Professional

4 (5)
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

Self-check quiz

  1. What is the keyword used to create a class?
  2. How would you set up a class for a person's first and last names that could include first and last as initial properties?
  3. What is the concept of one thing gaining the properties and behaviors of another thing called?
  4. Which of the following are true about the constructor method?
    • It gets executed automatically when a new object is created.
    • It should only be added afterward.
    • It has to include the constructor keyword.
    • It is used to initialize object properties.
    • It can be used when you have multiple values.
  5. Troubleshoot the following code so that the prototype outputs the first and last name of the Person into the console. Which is the correct syntax for the Person prototype?
    function Person(first,last) {
      this.first = first;
      this.last = last;
    }
    // What should go here: A, B, or C?
    const friend1 = new Person("Laurence...