JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Master the World’s Most-Used Programming Language

A comprehensive guide to JavaScript for both beginners and advanced programmers, this seventh edition of The Definitive Guide is fully updated to cover the 2020 version of JavaScript. It includes new chapters on classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, async/await, and metaprogramming, providing a deep dive into modern JavaScript development techniques.

The book starts with an in-depth explanation of the JavaScript language itself, covering types, values, variables, expressions, operators, statements, objects, and arrays. It then progresses to functions, classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, and async/await, along with a detailed look at JavaScript’s standard library: data structures, regular expressions, JSON, i18n, and more.

The text also delves into the web platform, discussing documents, components, graphics, networking, storage, and threads. Ideal for programmers who want to learn JavaScript and for web developers looking to take their skills to the next level, this guide offers illuminating and engaging example code throughout.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is a go-to resource for mastering one of the most widely used programming languages today. Published on June 23, 2020, by O’Reilly Media, it comprises 706 pages and is authored by David Flanagan.

Topics Covered:

• Types, values, variables, expressions, operators, statements, objects, and arrays
• Functions, classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, and async/await
• JavaScript’s standard library: data structures, regular expressions, JSON, i18n, etc.
• The web platform: documents, components, graphics, networking, storage, and threads

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