Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja
by John Resig, Bear Bibeault
370 pages· 2013· ISBN 9781933988696
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Summary
Secrets of the Javascript Ninja takes you on a journey towards mastering modern JavaScript development in three phases: design, construction, and maintenance. Written for JavaScript developers with intermediate-level skills, this book will give you the knowledge you need to create a cross-browser JavaScript library from the ground up.
About this Book
You can't always attack software head-on. Sometimes you come at it sideways or sneak up from behind. You need to master an arsenal of tools and know every stealthy trick. You have to be a ninja.
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja leads you down the pathway to JavaScript enlightenment. This unique book starts with key concepts, like the relationships between functions, objects, and closures, taught from the master's perspective. You'll grow from apprentice to ninja as you soak up fresh insights on the techniques you use every day and discover features and capabilities you never knew about. When you reach the final chapters, you'll be ready to code brilliant JavaScript applications and maybe even write your own libraries and frameworks.
You don't have to be a ninja to read this book—just be willing to become one. Are you ready?
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside
Functions, objects, closures, regular expressions, and more Seeing applications and libraries from the right perspective Dealing with the complexities of cross-browser development Modern JavaScript design
About the Authors
John Resig is an acknowledged JavaScript authority and the creator of the jQuery library. Bear Bibeault is a web developer and coauthor of Ajax in Practice, Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action, and jQuery in Action from Manning.
Table of Contents
PART 1 PREPARING FOR TRAINING Enter the ninja Arming with testing and debugging PART 2 APPRENTICE TRAINING Functions are fundamental Wielding functions Closing in on closures Object-orientation with prototypes Wrangling regular expressions Taming threads and timers PART 3 NINJA TRAINING Ninja alchemy: runtime code evaluation With statements Developing cross-browser strategies Cutting through attributes, properties, and CSS PART 4 MASTER TRAINING Surviving events Manipulating the DOM CSS selector engines
Secrets of the Javascript Ninja takes you on a journey towards mastering modern JavaScript development in three phases: design, construction, and maintenance. Written for JavaScript developers with intermediate-level skills, this book will give you the knowledge you need to create a cross-browser JavaScript library from the ground up.
About this Book
You can't always attack software head-on. Sometimes you come at it sideways or sneak up from behind. You need to master an arsenal of tools and know every stealthy trick. You have to be a ninja.
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja leads you down the pathway to JavaScript enlightenment. This unique book starts with key concepts, like the relationships between functions, objects, and closures, taught from the master's perspective. You'll grow from apprentice to ninja as you soak up fresh insights on the techniques you use every day and discover features and capabilities you never knew about. When you reach the final chapters, you'll be ready to code brilliant JavaScript applications and maybe even write your own libraries and frameworks.
You don't have to be a ninja to read this book—just be willing to become one. Are you ready?
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside
Functions, objects, closures, regular expressions, and more Seeing applications and libraries from the right perspective Dealing with the complexities of cross-browser development Modern JavaScript design
About the Authors
John Resig is an acknowledged JavaScript authority and the creator of the jQuery library. Bear Bibeault is a web developer and coauthor of Ajax in Practice, Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action, and jQuery in Action from Manning.
Table of Contents
PART 1 PREPARING FOR TRAINING Enter the ninja Arming with testing and debugging PART 2 APPRENTICE TRAINING Functions are fundamental Wielding functions Closing in on closures Object-orientation with prototypes Wrangling regular expressions Taming threads and timers PART 3 NINJA TRAINING Ninja alchemy: runtime code evaluation With statements Developing cross-browser strategies Cutting through attributes, properties, and CSS PART 4 MASTER TRAINING Surviving events Manipulating the DOM CSS selector engines
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