Learn JavaScript With Hedwix (The Book + Source Code)
Learn JavaScript With Hedwix
About the Book
JavaScript has seen a tremendous growth in popularity and opportunity for developers, but there is no learning material that offers a practical and modern way to learn JavaScript. This book is intended for beginner and intermediate developers interested in learning what JavaScript can do, from adding interactivity to web pages, to creating a server with Node.js.
About the Author
Table of Contents
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Introduction
- Preface
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JavaScript Introduction
- Why Learn JavaScript
- JavaScript and Java
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Setting up your computer
- Installing VSCode
- Installing Node.js
- Installing cmder (for Windows only)
- Quick Console Introduction
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Part 1: The Basics of JavaScript
- Time to Say Hello, World!
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Code Structure
- Statements
- Comments in JavaScript
- Execution flow
- Code exercise
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Variable
- Constant variable
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The
varkeyword - Code exercise
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Data types
- Number types
- String Types
- Boolean
- Null
- Undefined
- Object
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Checking Type by Using
typeof - Code exercise
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Type conversion
- Code exercise
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Operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Assignment operators
- Logical operators
- Comparison operators
- Code exercise
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Control flow statements
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The
elsekeyword - Code exercise
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The
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Switch case conditional
- Code exercise
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Loop statements
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The
whileloop - The do..while loop
- Code exercise
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The
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Functions
- Function parameters
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Function With
returnstatement - Function and variable
- Code exercise
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Object data type
- Object dot notation
- Removing object property
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Adding function to object and
thiskeyword - Code exercise
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Array data type
- Reading array value
- Special Methods For Array Manipulation
- Looping An Array
- Code exercise
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Class
- Creating A Child Class
- Code exercise
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Part 1 project and summary
- Part 1: A Cash Register Machine
- Part 1 summary
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Part 2: JavaScript in the Browser
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Use of JavaScript in the browser
- Setting Local Web Server Using Node
- Running JavaScript in the Browser
- Refresher on HTML and CSS
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The Document Object Model
- DOM query selector and get element
- Manipulating element nodes
- Modifying element styles
- Code exercise
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Handling events
- Adding event listener
- Mouse events
- Keyboard events
- Code exercise
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Handling forms
- Form submit event
- Validating form values
- Other types of input
- Code exercise
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Network request and asynchronous programming
- Making network request
- Understanding asynchronous programming
- Displaying the result of network request
- Code exercise
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Part 2 project and summary
- Part 2 Project: A GitHub Client
- Part 2 summary
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Use of JavaScript in the browser
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Part 3: JavaScript and Node.js
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Accessing Node.js’s API
- Creating Node.js server with HTTP module
- Fetching data from Node.js server
- Sending a POST request
- Code exercise
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Part 3 project and summary
- Currency Converter API
- Part 3 summary
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Accessing Node.js’s API
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Conclusion
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Parting words
- What to do next
- Thank You for reading
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Parting words
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Extra JavaScript Knowledge
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The old
varkeyword -
JavaScript lexical guide
- JavaScript encoding
- Use of semicolons
- Case sensitivity
- Comments
- White spaces
- Literals
- Identifiers
- Reserved words in JavaScript
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The proper guide to semicolon in JavaScript
- Rules of automatic semicolon insertion
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The old
- Notes
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