

The irony is that JavaScript (as of 2018) is still a vastly misunderstood programming language regarded in many quarters as a toy or kludge limited to handling DOM manipulations and browser events. Worse, if you're a current front or backend web developer coming to grips with JavaScript you are likely to be misled by hundreds of out-of-date online tutorials purporting to teach you "The Good Parts" of the lang Software is eating the world, the web is eating software, and JavaScript rules the web. Software is eating the world, the web is eating software, and JavaScript rules the web. Get an overview of other books in the series-and learn why it’s important to understand all parts of JavaScript Learn the essential programming building blocks, including operators, types, variables, conditionals, loops, and functionsīecome familiar with JavaScript's core mechanisms such as values, function closures, this, and prototypes By learning the basic building blocks of programming, as well as JavaScript’s core mechanisms, you’ll be prepared to dive into the other, more in-depth books in the series-and be well on your way toward true JavaScript. The series’ first book, Up & Going, provides the necessary background for those of you with limited programming experience.

With the "You Don’t Know JS" book series, you’ll get a more complete understanding of JavaScript, including trickier parts of the language that many experienced JavaScript programmers simply avoid. It’s easy to learn parts of JavaScript, but much harder to learn it completely-or even sufficiently-whether you’re new to the language or have used it for years.
