Object-Oriented JavaScript
Create scalable, reusable high-quality JavaScript applications and libraries
Once listed in the "nice to have" sections of job postings, these days the
knowledge of JavaScript is a deciding factor when it comes to hiring web developers.
And rightly so. Where in the past we used to have the occasional few lines of
JavaScript embedded in a web page, now we have advanced libraries and extensible
architectures, powering the "fat-client", AJAX-type rich internet applications.
JavaScript is the language of the browser, but it's also heavily employed in
many other environments: server-side programming, desktop applications, application
extensions and widgets. It's a pretty good deal: you learn one language and then
code all kinds of different applications. While this book has one chapter
specifically dedicated to the web browser environment including DOM, events, and
AJAX tutorials, the rest is applicable to all the other environments too.
This book treats JavaScript as a serious object-oriented language, showing you
how to build robust, maintainable, and powerful libraries and applications. Along
the way, we cover many of the recent innovations such as AJAX, JSON, and interesting
design and coding patterns. After reading this book, you'll be prepared to ace your
JavaScript job interview and even impress with some bits that the interviewer maybe
didn't know. You should read this book if you want to be able to take your
JavaScript skills to a new level of sophistication.
What you'll learn from this book:
• Learn to think in JavaScript, the language of the web browser
• The basics of object-oriented programming, and how they apply to JavaScript
• Set up and use your training environment (Firebug)
• Master data types, operators, and flow control statements
• Understand functions: usage patterns, variable scope, and built-in functions
• Closures demystified
• Create and use objects
• Understand and use prototypes
• Reuse code with common patterns for inheritance
• Understand and work with the BOM (Browser Object Model)
• The DOM (Document Object Model) - accessing, modifying, adding, and deleting nodes
• Build responsive web pages with AJAX
• JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• Listen and respond to browser events
• Apply design patterns to solve common problems
• Adopt coding patterns that unleash the unique power of the language
• Make your programs cleaner, faster, and compatible with other programs and libraries
• Achieve missing object-oriented features in JavaScript such as private properties and methods
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