Absolute Beginner's Guide to Javascript, Third Edition

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 learn: Learn why JavaScript is awesome Organize your code with variables Understand how functions make your code reusable Use the popular if/else statement to help make a decision in code Learn about switch statements and when to use them Work with for, while, and do...while loops Learn how to use global and local scope Understand what closures are Learn about the various places your code can live Understand how to write comments and good commenting practices Learn about the basic types of objects you'll run into in JavaScript Find out that pizza has an educational value beyond just being deliciously awesome Understand how text is treated in JavaScript Learn how to perform common string operations Use arrays to handle lists of data Learn to create custom objects 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 learn: The complete text of the book online Short videos by the author introducing each chapter Interactive quizzes to test your understanding of the material Updates and corrections as they become available 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 I: The Basic Stuff 2 Values and Variables 3 Functions 4 Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch 5 Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do While! 6 Timers 7 Variable Scope 8 Closures 9 Where Should Your Code Live? 10 Commenting Your Code
Part II: 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 III: 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 and Removing DOM Elements 27 In-Browser Developer Tools
Part IV: Dealing with Events 28 Events 29 Event Bubbling and Capturing 30 Mouse Events 31 Keyboard Events 32 Page Load Events and Other Stuff 33 Handling Events for Multiple Elements 34 Conclusion "

Genres: Technology, Computer Science, Coding, Programming

624 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2022

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.