What will you learn from this book?
Now in its second edition, this brain-friendly guide is your comprehensive journey into modern JavaScript, covering everything from the core language fundamentals to cutting-edge features that define JavaScript today. You'll dive into the nuances of JavaScript types and the unparalleled flexibility of its functions. You'll learn how to expertly navigate classes and objects, and you'll finally understand closures. But that's just the beginning—you'll also get hands-on with the browser's document object model (DOM), engaging with JavaScript in ways you've only imagined. You won't just be reading—you'll be playing games, solving puzzles, pondering mysteries, and interacting with JavaScript. And you'll write real code, lots of it, so you can start building your own web applications.
What's so special about this book?
If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect: a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. If you haven't, you're in for a treat. With this book, you'll learn JavaScript through a multisensory experience that engages your mind—rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.
Eric Freeman is a computer scientist, technology writer, and entrepreneur. Previously, he was a CTO at the Walt Disney Company. Eric's most recent book, Head First Learn to Code, is a beginner's guide to coding and computational thinking. Eric lives with his wife and young daughter in Austin, Texas. He holds a PhD in computer science from Yale University. Elisabeth Robson first got hooked on computers when she wrote a BASIC program to fill up her Commodore 64's monitor screen full of hearts. She's loved getting computers to do fun things ever since. She's tinkered with everything from super computers to her iPhone, and she's been programming the Web since the early days, when she built one of the first online resources for women in technology. Along with her many years of programming experience, Elisabeth has produced online training, and written four best-selling books and an online video course for O'Reilly Media (Head First Design Patterns, Head First HTML and CSS, Head First JavaScript Programming, Head First HTML5 Programming, and Learn to Build iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). She is currently co-founder and principal at WickedlySmart, an education content and technology company.
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