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JavaScript Cookbook

Errata for JavaScript Cookbook

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
ePub, Page Chapter 6
Just above "Providing a Default Parameter" section

Is missing some hyperlinks in Chapter 6. here is the text to search on:

"Chapter 5 has numerous examples that use arrow syntax to pass short functions to array-processing methods. See, for instance, Recipes , , and ."

 Anonymous  Jul 12, 2022 
PDF Page 272
last paragraph, bottom of page

in book it is written:
If you’re interested in accessing all img elements that are immediately followed by a paragraph, use:

const imgs = document.querySelectorAll('img + p');

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wrong selector or wrong description
img + p, will select all paragraphs not images

 Anonymous  Aug 26, 2022 
Printed Page 442
2nd Paragraph under Discussion.

From Text:
"We cover async/await in detail in Chapter 10:"

Should read:
"We cover async/await in detail in Chapter 9:"

* Chapter 9 in the book is async programming: "Chapter 9: Asynchronous Programming"

* Chapter 10 in the book is errors and testing: "Chapter 10: Errors and Testing"

 Anonymous  Mar 31, 2023