August 2014
Intermediate to advanced
472 pages
13h 6m
English
Overview
Pro JavaScript Development is a practical guide for front-end web developers who are experienced at building web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and now wish to advance their JavaScript skills to a higher level. You will learn how to build large, well-structured, high quality, mobile-optimized web sites and apps, using the latest supported browser APIs, language features, and tools. This book teaches and shows you in practical hands-on terms how you can:
- Master the performance, reliability, stability, and code manageability of your JavaScript
- Understand and write efficient object-oriented and prototypal code, including full understanding of the this keyword
- Boost the performance of your JavaScript code
- Architect large web applications using common design patterns
- Write high quality JavaScript code and avoid the pitfalls most likely to cause errors
- Manage code dependencies with AMD and RequireJS
- Develop for mobile, build games, and set up a real-time video chat using modern APIs such as Geolocation, Canvas and WebRTC
- Document your code as the professionals do
- Write command-line and web server applications in JavaScript with Node.js,
- Use build tools, such as Grunt and Gulp, to automate repetitive tasks and improve your development workflow
Using real-world examples and applications that you'll build yourself, Pro JavaScript Development has unique, practical content that will make you a better JavaScript developer. Become a master of the latest JavaScript coding techniques and tools, and harness its best capabilities today.
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