Get Programming With JavaScript

**Summary**

*Get Programming with JavaScript* is a hands-on introduction to programming for readers who have never programmed. You'll be writing your own web apps, games, and programs in no time! Foreword by Remy Sharp.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

**About the Book**

Are you ready to start writing your own web apps, games, and programs? You re in the right place! *Get Programming with JavaScript* is a hands-on introduction to programming for readers who have never written a line of code. Since you re just getting started, this friendly book offers you lots of examples backed by careful explanations. As you go along, you ll find exercises to check your understanding and plenty of opportunities to practice your new skills. You don t need anything special to follow the examples just the text editor and web browser already installed on your computer. We even give you links to working online code so you can see how everything should look live on your screen.

**What s Inside**

All the basics objects, functions, responding to users, and more

Think like a coder and design your own programs

Create a text-based adventure game

Enhance web pages with JavaScript

Run your programs in a web browser

Four bonus chapters available online

**About the Reader**

No experience required! All you need is a web browser and an internet connection.

**About the Author**

**John Larsen** is a mathematics and computing teacher with an interest in educational research. He has an MA in mathematics and an MSc in information technology. He started programming in 1982, writing simple programs for teaching mathematics in 1993, building websites in 2001, and developing data-driven web-based applications for education in 2006.

**Table of Contents**

PART 1 CORE CONCEPTS ON THE CONSOLEProgramming, JavaScript, and JS Bin

Variables: storing data in your program

Objects: grouping your data

Functions: code on demand

Arguments: passing data to functions

Return values: getting data from functions

Object arguments: functions working with objects

Arrays: putting data into lists

Constructors: building objects with functions

Bracket notation: flexible property namesPART 2 ORGANIZING YOUR PROGRAMSScope: hiding information

Conditions: choosing code to run

Modules: breaking a program into pieces

Models: working with data

Views: displaying data

Controllers: linking models and viewsPART 3 JAVASCRIPT IN THE BROWSERHTML: building web pages

Controls: getting user input

Templates: filling placeholders with data

XHR: loading data

Conclusion: get programming with JavaScriptBONUS ONLINE CHAPTERSNode: running JavaScript outside the browser

Express: building an API

Polling: repeating requests with XHR

Socket.IO: real-time messaging

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