JavaScript has evolved into a respectable language with ES6 and beyond features like rest operators,generators,destructuring,object literals,arrow functions,modern classes,promises,async,and metaprogramming capabilities. This book provides practical tips to apply the elegant parts of the language and avoid gotchas,with examples and exercises to help you learn in depth. It is suitable for both frontend and server-side programming and requires a computer with Node.js,a text editor,and a browser like Chrome installed.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2018
Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers

JavaScript is no longer to be feared or loathed

The world's most popular and ubiquitous language has evolved into a respectable language.

Whether you're writing frontend applications or server-side code, the phenomenal features from ES6 and beyond - like the rest operator, generators, destructuring, object literals, arrow functions, modern classes, promises, async, and metaprogramming capabilities - will get you excited and eager to program with JavaScript.

You've found the right book to get started quickly and dive deep into the essence of modern JavaScript.

Learn practical tips to apply the elegant parts of the language and the gotchas to avoid.

JavaScript ES6 and beyond has gone through a significant makeover

Not long ago, it was the most hated and feared language you could use to program the web.

JavaScript ES6 and beyond has gone through a significant makeover. Troublesome features have been replaced with better, elegant, more reliable alternatives.

This book includes many practical examples and exercises to help you learn in depth.

It will not bore you with idiosyncrasies and arcane details intended for bad interview questions.

Instead, it takes you into key features that you can readily use in your day-to-day projects.

Whether you program the frontend or the server side, you can now write concise, elegant, and expressive JavaScript with newer features like default parameters, template literals, rest and spread operators, destructuring, arrow functions, and generators.

Take it up a notch with features like infinite series, promises, async, and metaprogramming to create flexible, powerful, and extensible libraries.

While the evolved features of the language will draw you in, the hundreds of examples in this book will help you put them into practice and build powerful web applications.

Weight: 504g
Dimension: 190 x 235 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781680505467