Modern JavaScript Tools & Skills by Kolce, James -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Modern JavaScript Tools & Skills Notice of Rights Notice of Liability Trademark Notice About SitePoint Preface

Who Should Read This Book? Conventions Used

Code Samples Tips, Notes, and Warnings

Chapter 1: A Beginner’s Guide to Babel

by James Kolce Getting Started Running Babel Babel Ecosystem: A Quick Overview

Babel Polyfill Advanced Use

Alternatives Conclusion

Chapter 2: A Beginner’s Guide to Webpack 4 and Module Bundling

by Mark Brown Setup Modules Loaders

Sass CSS in JS Images Dependency Graph

Code Splitting Plugins

Production Split CSS Generating HTML

Development

HotModuleReplacement CSS Replacement

HTTP/2 Over to You

Chapter 3: An Introduction to Gulp.js

by Craig Buckler That Sounds Scarily Complicated! Task Runners: the Options What About Gulp 4? Step 1: Install Node.js Step 2: Install Gulp Globally Step 3: Configure Your Project Step 4: Install Gulp Locally

Alternative Deployment Options

Step 4: Create a Gulp Configuration File Step 5: Create Gulp Tasks

Image Task HTML Task JavaScript Task CSS Task

Step 6: Automate Tasks Step 7: Profit!

Chapter 4: 10 Languages That Compile to JavaScript

by James Kolce Dart TypeScript Elm PureScript CoffeeScript ClojureScript Scala.js Reason Haxe Nim Conclusion

Chapter 5: 10 Must-have VS Code Extensions for JavaScript Developers

by Michael Wanyoike VS Code Extensions by Category Snippet Extensions Syntax Extensions Linter Extensions Node Extensions Formatting Extensions Browser Extensions Framework Extensions Testing Extensions Awesome Extensions Extension Packs Summary

Chapter 6: Debugging JavaScript Projects with VS Code & Chrome Debugger

by Michael Wanyoike Prerequisites Debugging JavaScript in VS Code Debugging Tests with Mocha Debugging JavaScript with Chrome Debugger Debugging Client-side Routing Summary

Chapter 6: Introducing Axios, a Popular, Promise-based HTTP Client

by Nilson Jacques Axios vs Fetch Installing

Browser support

Making Requests

Request Options Convenience methods

Receiving a Response

The response object The error object

Transforms and Interceptors

Transforms Interceptors

Third-party Add-ons