Preface
In the preface to the first edition of this book, I talked about the ubiquity of JavaScript and its exponential growth. This shows no signs of slowing down as the second edition is published. In fact, there is a new phenomenon known as “JavaScript fatigue” that is used to describe the unrelenting barrage of new JavaScript tools and methodologies that are constantly appearing. In my view, this shouldn’t be viewed as a negative, it’s just a sign that the JavaScript landscape is a fertile one, and that will mean an ever-expanding list of new tools and libraries. Most of these help to take the language forward and make it better, and eventually these ideas make it into the official language. There’s now a new version of JavaScript scheduled ...
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