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A concise and balanced mix of principles and pragmatics. I loved the tutorial-style game-like program development. This book rekindled my earliest joys of programming. Plus JavaScript!" --Brendan Eich creator of JavaScript JavaScript is the language of the Web and its at the heart of every modern website from the lowliest personal blog to the mighty Google Apps. Though its simple for beginners to pick up and play with JavaScript is not a toy-its a flexible and complex language capable of much more than the showy tricks most programmers use it for. Eloquent JavaScript goes beyond the cut-and-paste scripts of the recipe books and teaches you to write code thats elegant and effective. Youll start with the basics of programming and learn to use variables control structures functions and
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A concise & balanced mix of principles & pragmatics. I loved the tutorial-style game-like program development. This book rekindled my earliest joys of programming. Plus Java Script!" --Brendan Eich creator of Java Script Java Script is the language of the Web & its at the heart of every modern website from the lowliest personal blog to the mighty Google Apps. Though its simple for beginners to pick up & play with Java Script is not a toy-its a flexible & complex language capable of much more than the showy tricks most programmers use it for. Eloquent Java Script goes beyond the cut-&-paste scripts of the recipe books & teaches you to write code thats elegant & effective. Youll start with the basics of programming & learn to use variables control structures functions & data structures. Then youll dive into the real Java Script artistry: higher-order functions closures & object-oriented programming. Along the way youll learn to: * Master basic programming techniques & best practices * Harness the power of functional & object-oriented programming * Use regular expressions to quickly parse & manipulate strings * Gracefully deal with errors & browser incompatibilities * Handle browser events & alter the DOM structure Most importantly Eloquent Java Script will teach you to express yourself in code with precision & beauty. After all great programming is an art not a science-so why settle for a killer app when you can create a masterpiece?"

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