CHAPTER 1
JavaScript Is Not the Language You Think It Is
JavaScript is a deceptively familiar language. Its syntax is close enough to C/C++ that you may be tricked into thinking it behaves similarly.
However, JavaScrit has a number of gotchas that trip up developers coming from other languages. In this chapter, I’ll go over some of the more egregious offenders, teach you how to avoid them, and showcase the hidden power in the language.
This chapter is for game programmers who are coming from other languages and who are using JavaScript for the first time. It’s the tool I wish I’d had when I first started ...
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