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JavaScript Essentials For Dummies

by Paul McFedries
April 2024
Beginner
192 pages
3h 21m
English
For Dummies
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Index

SYMBOLS

  • - (minus sign), 27
  • " (quotation marks)
    • handling internal, 118–120
    • string literals, 28
  • ' (single quotation marks)
    • onclick attribute, 63
    • string literals, 28
  • / (division operator), 20
  • /* (multiline comment), 13–14
  • // (double-slash), 13
  • ; (semicolon), 7
  • \ (backslash), 29
  • _ (underscore), 24
  • ` (back ticks), 119
  • || (OR operator), 35
  • + (concatenation sign), 33
  • + (plus sign), 27
  • = (equals sign), 19–20
  • => (arrow functions), 70
  • ! (NOT operator), 35
  • && (AND operator), 35
  • * (multiplication sign), 32
  • [] (brackets operator), 150
  • {} (braces)
    • if statements and, 40–41
    • as part of function, 56

A

  • add() method, 95
  • addEvent.Listener() method, 100
  • after() method, 90
  • alert() method, 7–8
  • AND operator (&&), 35
  • anonymous functions
    • assigning to variables, 67–68
    • overview, 66–70
    • replacing function call with, 68–70
  • append() method, 90
  • arguments
    • defined, 61
    • for Date object, 124
    • function, 56
    • location, 93
  • arithmetic assignment operators, 32–33
  • arrays
    • declaring, 106
    • elements and, 80
    • index numbers and, 105
    • iterating
      • find() method, 112–114
      • forEach() method, 109–110
      • map() method, 110–111
      • reduce() method, 111–112
    • length property, 114
    • manipulating, 114–115
    • methods, 114–115
    • overview, 105
    • populating, 106–109
    • specifying elements by class and tag name, 80
  • arrow functions (=>), 70
  • attributes
    • HTML, 97–99
    • id, 79
    • <img> tag, 97
    • onclick, 61, 63
    • radio button state, 147–148
    • single quotation marks and, 63
    • src, 15

B

  • back ticks (`), 119
  • backslash (\), 29
  • before() method, 91
  • block statements, ...
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