Beyond the Basics of JavaScript

Tom Henricksen

Beyond the Basics of JavaScript

Getting deeper into the language

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Contents

I. PART ONE

1. JavaScript A Useful Tool For Tired Minds

2. Look I found these astounding benefits of JavaScript variables and values

3. First easy JavaScript function basics that are the most fascinating

4. Avoid painful mistakes with these Simplistic JavaScript Conditionals

5. JavaScript has Sizable loops that will explode your mind

6. Surprisingly Improved JavaScript Variable Scope You Need

7. Exploit JavaScript Closures More and Don’t Panic

II. PART TWO

8. Unparalleled JavaScript Objects Make You Thrilled

9. Easily Pluck Better JavaScript Arrays

10. Quick JavaScript Type Conversion and Coercion That Will Make Code Better

11. Actually, JavaScript Has Surprising And Practical Strings

12. This Is What JavaScript Numbers Opportunities Make

13. It Is Time To Spotlight the JavaScript Arrow Function

14. Valuable JavaScript Strict Equality and Targeted Inequality for the Best Outcome

15. The Truth About JavaScript Object Notation is Found

16. The Peril of JavaScript spread and Awesome Rest operator

I

Part One

1

JavaScript A Useful Tool For Tired Minds

I have a confession. JavaScript and I started badly. My first foray was for form validation. I would cuss about its existence.

As luck would have after being reintroduced to it I began to respect it. Over the years it has grown into a powerful language.

JavaScript

With its humble beginnings, JavaScript has evolved into a modern programming language. From the browser to the server it can handle almost everything. Node.js gives it a powerful framework on the server side.

Mozilla created it and here is how they define it. JavaScript is a lightweight interpreted programming language with first-class functions. That is a mouthful!

Code

Let’s look at some basic code. It is an HTML file displaying some JavaScript. Save this code to your local machine.