JavaScript for PHP Developers by Stefanov, Stoyan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

JavaScript for PHP Developers Acknowledgments Dedication Preface

Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us

1. Introduction

Scope of This Book The Language Learning Environment

Browsers JavaScriptCore Node.js and Rhino

Longer Examples Let’s Get Started

2. JavaScript Syntax

Variables

What Does $ Do in JavaScript?

Values

typeof Introspection null and undefined

Arrays

Associative Arrays

Conditions

Ternary Operator Strict Comparison switch try-catch

while and for Loops for-in Loops Miscellaneous Operators

in String Concatenation Type Casting void Comma Operator

3. Functions

Default Parameters Any Number of Arguments arguments.length Trick Return Values Functions Are Objects A Different Syntax Scope Hoisting

Hoisting Functions

Closures

Closures in PHP

Scope Chain

The Scope Chain in the WebKit Console Retaining the Scope Retaining References, Not Values Closures in a Loop Exercise: onclick Loop

Immediate Functions

Initialization Privacy

Passing and Returning Functions

Callbacks Are Not Strings

4. Object-Oriented Programming

Constructors and Classes

Returning Objects More on This Enforcing Constructors

Prototypes Object Literals

Accessing Properties Confusing Dots Methods in Object Literals

Fancy Arrays Own Properties

__proto__ this or prototype

Inheritance

Inheritance via the Prototype Inheritance via Copying Properties Beget Object “Classical” extend() Borrowing Methods Conclusion

5. The Built-In API

The Global Object Global Properties Global Functions

Numbers Encoding URLs

Built-In Constructors

Object

toString() toLocaleString() valueOf() hasOwnProperty() propertyIsEnumerable() isPrototypeOf() constructor

Array

length push() pop() unshift() shift() concat() sort() slice() splice() reverse() join()

RegExp

test() and properties exec()

Function

Function properties

String

substring() localeCompare() split() search() replace() match()

Number Boolean Math Error Date

Constructors Review

6. ECMAScript 5

Strict Mode Property Attributes New Object APIs

Object.create() Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() Object.defineProperty() and Object.defineProperties() Restricting Object Mutations Looping Alternatives Object.getPrototypeOf()

Array Additions

Array.isArray() indexOf() and lastIndexOf() Walking the Array Elements Filtering Testing the Array Content Map/Reduce

String Trimming New in Date Function.prototype.bind() JSON Shims

7. JavaScript Patterns

Private Properties

Private Methods Exposing Private Objects Returning Private Arrays Deep Copy via JSON

Revealing Pattern Constants Namespaces Modules CommonJS Modules

Defining a CommonJS Module Using a CommonJS Module Using an Agnostic Module

AMD Design Patterns

Singleton

Singletons with constructors

Factory Decorator

Decoration API Adding decorators decorate() and get()

Documentation and Testing

Manual Documenting Your Code Unit Testing JSLint Linting This Book

Index About the Author Colophon Copyright

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