The Joy of JavaScript, Video Edition

In Video Editions the narrator reads the book while the content, figures, code listings, diagrams, and text appear on the screen. Like an audiobook that you can also watch as a video.Whether building interactive browser-based applications or creating server-side applications in Node, JavaScript is the most widely used language for web programming. With new features, language improvements, paradigms, and potential use cases appearing regularly, there’s never been a more exciting time to be a JavaScript developer. In The Joy of JavaScript, author and JavaScript expert Luis Atencio teaches you key design concepts that lead to clean, lean, modular, and easy-to-maintain code.About the TechnologyJavaScript is at the heart of web applications on the browser side and, via the popular Node.js runtime, it often powers the server side too. Simply put, the web runs on JavaScript.About the BookThe Joy of JavaScript introduces techniques that turn JavaScript programmers into JavaScript pros. You’ll work with cutting edge APIs, language features, and coding styles to tackle tricky problems in an elegant manner. Along the way, you’ll practice good object design, drive business logic with functional thinking, and untangle complex data flows.What's InsideJavaScript’s objects and module systemWorking with higher order functionsIdentifying and creating composable softwarePreparing for upcoming JavaScript featuresAbout the ReaderWritten for experienced and passionate JavaScript developers.About the AuthorLuis Atencio is a software engineer for Citrix Systems, author of Manning’s Functional Programming in JavaScript, and co-author of Manning’s RxJS in Action.QuotesGoes beyond purely functional programming concepts and covers every topic a developer needs to know while reading or writing JavaScript.- Gleb Bahmutov, Cypress.ioThe actual joy here was reading it! The definitive guide to becoming a JavaScript professional.- Ubaldo Pescatore, Generali Business SolutionsTeaches modern JavaScript features and techniques with concise descriptions and code samples that feel like they came from a real application.- Nate Clark, Base Camp Coding AcademyA must-read for every JavaScript developer wanting to upskill.- Lora Vardarova, CoGo