JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide

by Kirupa Chinnathambi

JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide No experience necessary!
Make the most of JavaScript -- even if you've never programmed anything before. This book is the fastest way to learn JavaScript and use it together with CSS3 and HTML5 to create powerful web and mobile experiences. Learn how to do what you want, the way you want, one incredibly easy step at a time. JavaScript has never been this simple!
This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to programming JavaScript with simple, reliable instructions for doing everything you really want to do! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll Purchase of JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide in any format includes free access to the online Web Edition, which provides several special features to help you This Web Edition can be viewed on all types of computers and mobile devices with any modern web browser that supports HTML5.
Contents at a Glance
1 Hello, World!
Part The Basic Stuff 2 Values and Variables 3 Functions 4 Conditional If, Else, and Switch 5 Meet the For, While, and Do…While! 6 Timers 7 Variable Scope 8 Closures 9 Where Should Your Code Live? 10 Commenting Your Code
Part It’s an Object-Oriented World 11 Of Pizza, Types, Primitives, and Objects 12 Strings 13 When Primitives Behave Like Objects 14 Arrays 15 Numbers 16 A Deeper Look at Objects 17 Extending Built-in Objects 18 Booleans and the Stricter === and !== Operators 19 Null and Undefined 20 Immediately Invoked Function Expressions
Part Working with the DOM 21 JS, The Browser, and The DOM 22 Finding Elements in the DOM 23 Modifying DOM Elements 24 Styling Your Content 25 Traversing the DOM 26 Creating a

Genres: Technology, Computer Science, Coding, Programming

416 pages, Paperback

Published July 8, 2016

Reviews

[Al · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is an awful book. No one could learn JavaScript from this book. There are terrible examples of actual code, but most examples are missing. I think the author assumes you already know how to code in JavaScript. He gives partial examples of code but never any pictures of what the running code looks like. Worst of all the author thinks he is a comedian. He has terrible jokes and smart ass comments on every page that are just to much to take after a while.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had seen the word closures but, had no idea what it meant. After reading the closures chapter I think I understand the concept. I also liked the chapter that described the browser tools. What can I say about the book? It was a quick read. I liked that. And after reading the book I think I will actually start writing javascipt code instead of thinking about writing javascipt code. I have thought about writing javscript code for years by the way.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think the book foes a decent job of making JavaScript accessible to new learners. There are definitely times I wanted more in-depth explanations on topics, but overall I think this is a decent starting point for beginners to get into JavaScript.

You get plenty of coding examples and cover all the topics necessary to really work on applying the knowledge to some web applications.

[Erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've enjoyed reading it as a recap of Javascript. It was a good and funny read thanks to the author.
It's easy to follow, the concepts are clearly presented and even illustrated with images which bring more understanding to the discussed subject.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Take a JAB (JavaScript Absolute Beginner) at JavaScript

This was a great book on JavaScript.

I have been coding in JS for a long while, but beginner books are always great ways to learn new things, which I did.

Would recommend!

4.1/5

[Blake Gates · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clutter free (except for those jokes).

[Krishnam Raju · Rating 5 out of 5]

super book to get started with javascript absolutely loved kirupa chinnathambi's books

[Ryan Schmitt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Closed a lot of the gaps in my JavaScript knowledge. However, I was not a absolute beginner, so some parts were boring.