How JavaScript Works: Master the Basics of JavaScript and Modern Web App Development (Paperback)

JavaScript is a complicated language with a lot of misinformation surrounding how it works. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to JavaScript, from how it works at a technical level to how it is used to create websites and applications. Everything you need to know to start a career in JavaScript development is covered here.

How JavaScript Works begins with a practical introduction of the basics before moving into the technical underpinnings of JavaScript, detailing everything you need to know, including variables, memory storage, functions, classes, types, maps, sets and APIs. Once you've fully absorbed these key topics. author Jonathan Simpson will show you how to put them into practice, demonstrating how they are employed for modern web development. You'll learn how to use JavaScript with HTML and CSS to construct web pages and applications, how to change CSS with JavaScript, and how to utilize Fetch and asynchronous operations.

Upon completing this book, you will have the foundational knowledge necessary to continue your journey to becoming a professional JavaScript developer.

What You Will Learn:

• Gain insight into the technical essentials of JavaScript and how it works
• Learn advanced concepts and such as memory storage and how classes, functions and objects actually work
• Explore the basic mathematical underpinnings of JavaScript
• Understand how JavaScript is used to manipulate HTML and CSS
• Obtain the tools and knowledge needed to start your career in web development

Who This Book Is For:

Anyone interested in a web development career, as well as those who may have already embarked on their careers, but who want to deepen their technical understanding of JavaScript and how it works.

JavaScript是一門複雜的語言，周圍有很多關於它如何運作的錯誤信息。這本書提供了JavaScript的全面介紹，從技術層面上介紹它的運作方式，到如何用它來創建網站和應用程序。這裡涵蓋了你開始JavaScript開發職業生涯所需的一切知識。

《How JavaScript Works》從基礎的實用介紹開始，然後深入探討JavaScript的技術基礎，詳細介紹了你需要知道的一切，包括變量、內存存儲、函數、類、類型、映射、集合和API。一旦你完全掌握了這些關鍵主題，作者Jonathan Simpson將向你展示如何將它們應用到實踐中，演示它們如何應用於現代網頁開發。你將學習如何使用JavaScript與HTML和CSS構建網頁和應用程序，如何用JavaScript更改CSS，以及如何使用Fetch和異步操作。

完成這本書後，你將擁有進一步成為專業JavaScript開發人員所需的基礎知識。

你將學到什麼：
- 瞭解JavaScript的技術要點和運作方式
- 學習高級概念，如內存存儲以及類、函數和對象的實際運作方式
- 探索JavaScript的基本數學基礎
- 理解JavaScript如何用於操作HTML和CSS
- 獲得開始網頁開發職業生涯所需的工具和知識

適合對網頁開發職業感興趣的人，以及那些可能已經開始職業生涯但想深入了解JavaScript及其運作方式的人。

Jonathon Simpson studied at UCL and is a Product Owner at Revolut and has more than than 12 years of web development experience working on a wide range of products and services. Jonathon also owns and operates a popular software engineering blog focusing on JavaScript.

Jonathon Simpson 在倫敦大學學習並且是 Revolut 公司的產品負責人，擁有超過 12 年的網頁開發經驗，曾參與多種產品和服務的開發。Jonathon 也擁有並經營一個以 JavaScript 為重點的熱門軟體工程部落格。