A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript: The new approach that uses technology to cut your effort in half (Paperback)

The most enthusiastically reviewed programming book on Amazon

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"Damn, this program is ridiculously good. The author needs to sign up to run this country's education program."—Matthew Highland
"This is the most incredible learning experience I have ever had. Amazing!!" —Jon W. Christophersen
"If you're thinking of learning how to program in JavaScript, I promise, this is the ONLY way to go." —L. Phillips
"Mark's exercises are worth more than the $300 class I took. Love this program." —Michelle Schackel
"A truly innovative way to learn JavaScript" —William Burbank
"A powerful new, interactive teaching machine." —W. Green
"...lays things out in a way that anyone can understand." —Dr. Robert Valli
"...the companion website gives you a chance to practice it so that it sticks in your head for good." —Alan Forbes, developer and coding guru
"Not only am I learning JavaScript incredibly fast, I am enjoying it." —Justin A. Roether
"Finally! —exactly what I need to learn effectively." —Samantha Lim
"I've used it to complement what I learnt at Codeacademy."—Alexandre Bobeda
"We have now implemented this as one of the prerequisites before being accepted to the coding camp." —Douglas Paul Burns
"Great book for anyone wanting to start out programming."—Dane Cameron, software engineer
"Does a fantastic job of breaking down the process of learning a complicated subject." —Mitesh Dabhi, web designer and developer
"This is a fun book. It actually does makes learning JavaScript quite painless." —Amazon Customer
"If You're Too Dumb for a "For Dummies" book..."—C. Christopher Akin, IT professional
"A pretty cool way to learn a new language." —J. Oborn, web developer
"Best tool I've found." —Laine Gebhardt
"Clear, lively, and never dry." —Chandra K. Clarke
"My hand to God, this book never induced an afternoon nap, or even made me sleepy." —Jeremy Costa
"Simplifies the complicated." —Olu Odebunmi
"Strikes a perfect balance between learning, practicing and feedback." —Jeff Santos
"JavaScript made easy." —Clark Anderson
"Better than Codeacademy." —Callum Makkai

Become fluent in all the JavaScript fundamentals, in half the time.

• Display alert messages to the user
• Gather information through prompts
• Manipulate variables
• Build statements
• Do math
• Use operators
• Concatenate text
• Run routines based on conditions
• Compare values
• Work with arrays
• Run automated routines
• Display custom elements on the webpage
• Generate random numbers
• Manipulate decimals
• Round numbers
• Create loops
• Use functions
• Find the current date and time
• Measure time intervals
• Create a timer
• Respond to the user's actions
• Swap images
• Control colors on the webpage
• Change any element on the webpage
• Improvise new HTML markup on the fly
• Use the webpage DOM structure
• Insert comments
• Situate scripts effectively
• Create and change objects
• Automate object creation
• Control the browser's actions