Eloquent JavaScript a modern introduction to programming
Eloquent JavaScript is a guide to JavaScript that focuses on good programming techniques rather than offering a mish-mash of cut-and-paste effects. The author teaches readers how to leverage JavaScript's grace and precision to write real browser-based applications. The book begins with the fund...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
No Starch Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628903906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Brief Contents; Contents in Detail; Introduction; Chapter 1: Basic JavaScript: Values, Variables, and Control Flow; Values; Numbers; Arithmetic; Strings; Unary Operators; Boolean Values, Comparisons, and Boolean Logic; Expressions and Statements; Variables; Keywords and Reserved Words; The Environment; Functions; prompt and confirm; The print Function; Modifying the Environment; Program Structure; Conditional Execution; while and do Loops; Indenting Code; for Loops; Breaking Out of a Loop; Updating Variables Succinctly; Dispatching on a Value with switch; Capitalization; Comments
- More on TypesUndefined Values; Automatic Type Conversion; Dangers of Automatic Type Conversion; More on && and ||; Chapter 2: Functions; The Anatomy of a Function Definition; Definition Order; Local Variables; Nested Scope; The Stack; Function Values; Closure; Optional Arguments; Techniques; Avoiding Repetition; Purity; Recursion; Chapter 3: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays; The Problem: Aunt Emily's Cats; Basic Data Structures; Properties; Object Values; Objects as Sets; Mutability; Objects as Collections: Arrays; Methods; Solving the Problem of Aunt Emily's Cats; Separating Paragraphs
- Finding Relevant ParagraphsExtracting Cat Names; The Full Algorithm; Cleaning Up the Code; Date Representation; Date Extraction; Gathering More Information; Data Presentation; Some More Theory; The arguments Object; Tying Up a Loose End; The Math Object; Enumerable Properties; Chapter 4: Error Handling; Types of Problems; Programmer Mistakes; Run-Time Errors; Handling Errors; Returning a Special Value; Exceptions; Cleaning Up After Exceptions; Error Objects; Unhandled Exceptions; Selective Catching; Automated Testing; Chapter 5: Functional Programming; Abstraction; Higher-Order Functions
- Modifying FunctionsThe reduce Function; Mapping Arrays; The Sad Story of the Recluse; HTML; The Recluse's Text File; Finding Paragraphs; Emphasis and Footnotes; Moving the Footnotes; Generating HTML; Converting the Recluse's Book; Other Functional Tricks; Operator Functions; Partial Application; Composition; Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming; Objects; Defining Methods; Constructors; Building from Prototype; Constructors and Prototypes; Prototype Pollution; Objects as Dictionaries; Specifying an Interface; Building an Ecosystem Simulation; Defining the Terrarium; Points in Space
- Representing the GridA Bug's Programming Interface; The Terrarium Object; this and Its Scope; Animating Life; It Moves; More Life Forms; Polymorphism; A More Lifelike Simulation; Inheritance; Keeping Track of Energy; Adding Plant Life; The Herbivore; Bringing It to Life; Artificial Stupidity; Prototypal Inheritance; Type-Definition Utilities; Prototypes as Types; A World of Objects; The instanceof Operator; Mixing Types; Chapter 7: Modularity; Modules; An Example; Modules as Files; The Shape of a Module; Functions as Local Namespaces; Module Objects; Interface Design; Predictability
- Composability
