A Drip of JavaScript
A Drip of JavaScript
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About the Author
Table of Contents
-
Preface
- Resources
- Bug Reports & Feature Requests
- Credits
- Default Parameters in JavaScript
-
Arbitrary Parameters with the
argumentsObject - Reordering Arrays with Array#sort
- What is an Array?
- Transforming Arrays with Array#map
- Constructors in JavaScript
-
Dealing with the Dangers of
thisin Constructors - What are Prototype Properties and Methods?
- Using Dispatch Tables to Avoid Conditionals in JavaScript
- Testing Array Contents with Array#some
- Creating Chainable Interfaces in JavaScript
- Using Duck Typing to Avoid Conditionals in JavaScript
- Function functions
-
Using JavaScript’s
toStringMethod -
Invoking Functions With
callandapply -
Using
applyto Emulate JavaScript’s Upcoming Spread Operator - Boiling Down Arrays with Array#reduce
- Making Deep Property Access Safe in JavaScript
- Testing Array Contents with Array#every
- The Difference Between Boolean Objects and Boolean Primitives
- An Introduction to Writing Your Own JavaScript Compatibility Shims
-
Redefining
undefined -
The Uses of
invshasOwnProperty - An Introduction to IIFEs - Immediately Invoked Function Expressions
- Variable and Function Hoisting in JavaScript
- Creating Bound Functions with Function#bind
- Partial Application with Function#bind
- Determining if a String Contains a Substring
- Equals Equals Null in JavaScript
- Creating Unwritable Properties with Object.defineProperty
- JavaScript’s void Operator
- Filtering Arrays with Array#filter
- Using JavaScript’s Array Methods on Strings
- Numbers and JavaScript’s Dot Notation
- Finding Array Elements with Array#indexOf
- The Problem with Testing for NaN in JavaScript
- Understanding the Module Pattern in JavaScript
- The Virtue of JavaScript Linting
- Emulating Block Scope in JavaScript
- Truthy and Falsy Values in JavaScript
- Object Equality in JavaScript
- Building Up Arrays with Array#concat
-
Ditching jQuery with
querySelectorAll - Storing Metadata on Arrays in JavaScript
- JavaScript’s Primitive Wrapper Objects
- Basic Inheritance with JavaScript Constructors
-
The
deleteOperator in JavaScript -
Retrieving Property Names with
Object.getOwnPropertyNamesandObject.keys -
Immutable Objects with
Object.freeze -
Sealing JavaScript Objects with
Object.seal - Preventing Object Extensions in JavaScript
- Avoiding Problems with Decimal Math in JavaScript
- Basic Inheritance with Object.create
- Creating Objects Without Prototypes
- Using ECMAScript 6 Maps
- Negating Predicate Functions in JavaScript
- Finding an Object’s Size in JavaScript
- Detecting Arrays vs. Objects in JavaScript
- Checking Date Equality in JavaScript
- The Perils of Non-Local Mutation
- Measuring JavaScript Performance with console.time
- The Problems with for…in and JavaScript Arrays
- Safely Referencing Undeclared Global Variables
- Faster Websites - Minifying Your JavaScript with Uglify
- Don’t Blow Your Stack - Recursion and Trampolines in JavaScript
- Lists of Unique Values - Using ES6 Sets in JavaScript
- Automating Your Way to Better JavaScript with Grunt
- Creating Private Properties with ES6 Symbols
- Holy Bat-Signal, Batman! Implementing the Observer Pattern in JavaScript
- Even Stricter Equality with Object.is
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