Advanced JavaScript

Gain a deeper understanding of JavaScript and apply it to build small applications in backend, frontend, and mobile frameworks.

Key Features

• Explore the new ES6 syntax, the event loop, and asynchronous programming
• Learn the test-driven development approach when building apps
• Master advanced JavaScript concepts to enhance your web developments skill

Book Description

What you will learn

• Examine major features in ES6 and implement those features to build applications
• Create promise and callback handlers to work with asynchronous processes
• Develop asynchronous flows using Promise chaining and async/await syntax
• Manipulate the DOM with JavaScript
• Handle JavaScript browser events
• Explore Test Driven Development and build code tests with JavaScript code testing frameworks.
• List the benefits and drawbacks of functional programming compared to other styles
• Construct applications with the Node.js backend framework and the React frontend framework

Who this book is for

This book is designed to target anyone who wants to write JavaScript in a professional environment. We expect the audience to have used JavaScript in some capacity and be familiar with the basic syntax. This book would be good for a tech enthusiast wondering when to use generators or how to use Promises and Callbacks effectively, or a novice developer who wants to deepen their knowledge on JavaScript and understand TDD.