Chapter 3 Programming Techniques

In Chapter 2, “Details of the Language,” you were given a quick overview of the core JavaScript language to show you differences and similarities to other computer languages. Now it is time to go to the next level by examining some of the features of the JavaScript language and programming techniques that will make your JavaScript programs more powerful and more resilient to errors and maybe even make you say, “Wow, I didn’t know JavaScript could do that!”

In this chapter we will look at pattern matching and event handling and show you how to use these two pieces of JavaScript functionality to make your JavaScript programs more powerful. This chapter will also examine two programming techniques that will make ...

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