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JavaScript: The New Toys

JavaScript: The New Toys


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Published
June 2020
Publisher
Wiley
Chapters
21

About the course

All of JavaScript's newest features, in depth, made easy to understand.

JavaScript is a rapidly changing language and it can be challenging to keep up with all the new toys being added. JavaScript: The New Toys explores the newest features of the world's most popular programming language while also showing readers how to track what's coming next. After setting the stage by covering who manages the process of improving JavaScript, how new features get introduced, terminology, and a high-level overview of new features, it details each new or updated item in depth, with example uses, possible pitfalls, and expert recommendations for updating old habits in light of new features. JavaScript: The New Toys:

  • Covers all the additions to JavaScript in ES2015-ES2020 plus a preview of what's coming next
  • Explores the latest syntax: nullish coalescing, optional chaining, let and const, class syntax, private methods, private fields, new.target, numeric separators, BigInt, destructuring, default parameters, arrow functions, async functions, await, generator functions, ... (rest and spread), template literals, binary and octal literals, ** (exponentiation), computed property/method names, for-of, for-await-of, shorthand properties, and others
  • Details the new features and patterns including modules, promises, iteration, generators, Symbol, Proxy, reflection, typed arrays, Atomics, shared memory, WeakMap, WeakSet, and more
  • Highlights common pitfalls and explains how to avoid them
  • Shows how to follow the improvements process and even participate in the process yourself
  • Explains how to use new features even before they're widely supported

With its comprehensive coverage and friendly, accessible style, JavaScript: The New Toys provides an invaluable resource for programmers everywhere, whether they work in web development, Node.js, Electron, Windows Universal Apps, or another JavaScript environment.

Author

T.J. Crowder

T.J. Crowder

Course Outline

Chapter 1: The New Toys in ES2015 - ES2020, and Beyond
Chapter 2: Block-Scoped Declarations: let and const
Chapter 3: New Function Features
Chapter 4: Classes
Chapter 5: New Object Features
Chapter 6: Iterables, Iterators, for-of, Iterable Spread, Generators
Chapter 7: Destructuring
Chapter 8: Promises
Chapter 9: Asynchronous Functions, Iterators, and Generators
Chapter 10: Templates, Tag Functions, and New String Features
Chapter 11: New Array Features, Typed Arrays
Chapter 12: Maps and Sets
Chapter 13: Modules
Chapter 14: Reflection - Reflect and Proxy
Chapter 15: Regular Expression Updates
Chapter 16: Shared Memory
Chapter 17: Miscellany
Chapter 18: Upcoming Class Features
Chapter 19: A Look Ahead ...
Chapter 20: Appendix
Chapter 21: Index

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Published
June 2020
Publisher
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Chapters
21

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