Get Programming with JavaScript - John Larsen

Summary

Get Programming with jаvascript is a hands-on introduction to programming for readers who have never programmed. You'll be writing your own web apps, games, and programs in no time! Foreword by Remy Sharp.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Book

Are you ready to start writing your own web apps, games, and programs? You're in the right place! Get Programming with jаvascript is a hands-on introduction to programming for readers who have never written a line of code. Since you're just getting started, this friendly book offers you lots of examples backed by careful explanations. As you go along, you'll find exercises to check your understanding and plenty of opportunities to practice your new skills. You don't need any­thing special to follow the examples—just the text editor and web browser already installed on your computer. We even give you links to working online code so you can see how everything should look live on your screen.

What's Inside

All the basics—objects, functions, responding to users, and more

Think like a coder and design your own programs

Create a text-based adventure game

Enhance web pages with jаvascript

Run your programs in a web browser

Four bonus chapters available online

About the Reader

No experience required! All you need is a web browser and an internet connection.

About the Author

John Larsen is a mathematics and computing teacher with an interest in educational research. He has an MA in mathematics and an MSc in information technology. He started programming in 1982, writing simple programs for teaching mathematics in 1993, building websites in 2001, and developing data-driven web-based applications for education in 2006.

Table of Contents

PART 1 CORE CONCEPTS ON THE CONSOLE

Programming, jаvascript, and JS Bin

Variables: storing data in your program

Objects: grouping your data

Functions: code on demand

Arguments: passing data to functions

Return values: getting data from functions

Object arguments: functions working with objects

Arrays: putting data into lists

Constructors: building objects with functions

Bracket notation: flexible property names
PART 2 ORGANIZING YOUR PROGRAMS

Scope: hiding information

Conditions: choosing code to run

Modules: breaking a program into pieces

Models: working with data

Views: displaying data

Controllers: linking models and views
PART 3 jаvascript IN THE BROWSER

HTML: building web pages

Controls: getting user input

Templates: filling placeholders with data

XHR: loading data

Conclusion: get programming with jаvascript
BONUS ONLINE CHAPTERS

Node: running jаvascript outside the browser

Express: building an API

Polling: repeating requests with XHR

Socket.IO: real-time messaging