JavaScript QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Building Interactive Websites and Creating Dynamic Functionality Using Hands-On Projects

by Robert Oliver

Overview

THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO LEARNING JAVASCRIPT!
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Master the most popular programming language in the world. Learn how to bring websites to life with the power of JavaScript, add dynamic interactivity and rich animations to otherwise dull webpages, all with the versatile programming language that builds apps, websites, and more!

The Easiest Way to Learn JavaScript In a Step-by-Step Comprehensive Guide

Without the power of JavaScript, there is no modern internet.

JavaScript powers everything from the website interactivity we take for granted every day to full-scale web applications run by multi-billion dollar corporations. It’s no surprise then, that JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world and massively in demand across the tech sector.

Written by a senior developer and programming expert with two decades of JavaScript and programming experience.

In JavaScript QuickStart Guide senior developer Robert Oliver presents the fastest and easiest way to master JavaScript fundamentals.

Written specifically for beginners and drawing on over two decades of experience coding and programming, this book’s practical, project-based approach can be used by anyone to learn to program with JavaScript.

Learn by doing with practical follow-along JavaScript projects.

It doesn’t matter if you are new to web development, an existing developer looking to broaden your horizons, or simply looking for a career change or promotion–using this book and Robert’s simplified, hands-on approach anyone with any level of experience can master JavaScript fundamentals!

JavaScript QuickStart Guide Is Perfect For:

• Jobseekers, career changers, and anyone in the job market looking to enter the lucrative tech sector
• New and experienced web developers who want to learn or brush up on critical web development skills
• Designers, data analysts, gig workers, and side-hustlers who want to upskill and unlock new earning capacity
• Students, recent college grads, and soon-to-be coding bootcampers who want to hit the ground running with a learning edge
• Anyone who wants to learn how to bring webpages to life with the power of JavaScript quickly and easily!

With JavaScript QuickStart Guide, You'll Easily Understand These Crucial Concepts:

• Practical JavaScript - Set Up Your Development Space and Build a Working Portfolio-Ready Project
• JavaScript Core Fundamentals - How to Use Variables, Objects, Strings, Functions, and More!
• Programming Essentials - Troubleshooting, Debugging, Writing Clean Code, Tips and Timesavers
• Advanced JavaScript Concepts - Animating with JavaScript, Mastering jQuery, And Creating Interactivity
• Completing The Stack - Expanding Your Horizons Using Node.js, AJAX, React, and GitHub

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636100739
Publisher:	ClydeBank Media LLC
Publication date:	11/14/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Robert W. Oliver II is a senior developer and DevOps consultant with over two decades of experience in the field. A truly full-stack programmer, Robert has architected both front-end and back-end systems and designed algorithms used in technologies operating at scales ranging from small to enterprise. With decades of experience working in Python, PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, C/C++, Rust, and C#, he is fluent in the languages of programming and system design.
Robert W. Oliver II is a senior developer and DevOps consultant with over two decades of experience in the field. A truly full-stack programmer, Robert has architected both front-end and back-end systems and designed algorithms used in technologies operating at scales ranging from small to enterprise. With decades of experience working in Python, PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, C/C++, Rust, and C#, he is fluent in the languages of programming and system design. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART 1: JAVASCRIPT ESSENTIALS

Chapter 1: Getting Started with JavaScript
Chapter 2: Using Variables
Chapter 3: Controlling Program Flow in JavaScript

Chapter 4: Functions

PART 2: ADVANCED JAVASCRIPT

Chapter 5: Understanding Closure
Chapter 6: Organizing Data and Logic with Objects
Chapter 7: Using JSON
Chapter 8: Using the Document Object Model (DOM)
Chapter 9: Asynchronous JavaScript

PART 3: ARCHITECTING JAVASCRIPT
Chapter 10: JavaScript Design Patterns

Chapter 11: Building a JavaScript-Driven Website

Chapter 12: Advanced JavaScript Techniques

Chapter 13: Animating with JavaScript

Chapter 14: JavaScript Junk Drawer
Chapter 15: Saving Time with JQuery

PART 4: FULL-STACK JAVASCRIPT
Chapter 16: Node.JS and AJAX
Chapter 17: Building Web Pages with React

Chapter 18: Managing Your Code with GIT

Conclusion

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
About the Author
About QuickStart Guides

Glossary

References
Index