Update and upgrade your JavaScript skillset for ES 2023 with the ultimate JavaScript guide for pros

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 5th edition, is the gold-standard in intermediate-to-advanced JavaScript programming development books. The author dives directly into the inner workings of JavaScript to help you clean up your code and become a more sophisticated and talented JavaScript developer. From object-oriented programming and inheritance to combining JavaScript with HTML and other markup languages, expert computer engineer Matt Frisbie walks you through everything you need to know to level-up your JavaScript game.

This new edition is updated to include ECMAScript 2023 and later standard releases, the most useful techniques, and a relentless focus on code that works seamlessly in mobile web browsers and with the latest common frameworks and libraries. With this book, you will:

• Get up to date with ECMAScript 2023
• Get acquainted with the newest frameworks and libraries
• Explore advanced topics such as web animation, workers, and the latest APIs
• Get a head start on future ES releases
• Learn to use modern syntax and best practices
• Understand how to optimize performance in JavaScript applications
• Master asynchronous programming patterns using promises, generators, and async/await

Perfect for those who think they already know JavaScript “pretty well,” Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 5th edition, is the pro-level update that intermediate and advanced web developers have been waiting for.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What Is JavaScript?

Chapter 2 JavaScript in HTML

Chapter 3 Language Basics

Chapter 4 Variables, Scope, and Memory

Chapter 5 Basic Reference Types

Chapter 6 Advanced Reference Types

Chapter 7 Iterators and Generators

Chapter 8 Objects, Classes, and Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 9 Proxies and Reflect

Chapter 10 Functions

Chapter 11 Promises and Async/ Await

Chapter 12 The Browser Object Model

Chapter 13 The Document Object Model

Chapter 14 DOM Extensions

Chapter 1 5 Events

Chapter 16 Animation and Graphics with Canvas

Chapter 17 Scripting Forms

Chapter 18 JavaScript APls

Chapter 19 Error Handling and Debugging

Chapter 20 JSON

Chapter 21 Network Requests and Remote Resources

Chapter 22 Client-Side Storage

Chapter 23 Modules

Chapter 24 Workers

Chapter 25 Best Practices

The ultimate JavaScript® guide for professionals

Professional JavaScript® for Web Developers, 5th edition is the gold-standard in intermediate-to-advanced JavaScript programming development books. Comprehensively and accurately updated for ES 2023, author Matt Frisbie dives deep into the inner workings of JavaScript to show you how to clean up your code. You’ll become a more sophisticated and talented JavaScript developer as you learn more about object-oriented programming, inheritance, combining JavaScript with HTML, and more.

This book contains a relentless focus on readable, functional code that works seamlessly in mobile web browsers with the latest common frameworks and libraries. You’ll learn to implement web animation, workers, and the latest APIs.

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers:

• Get and stay up to date with ECMAScript 2023, as well as the newest frameworks and libraries
• Dive deep into advanced JavaScript programming techniques essential to the development of modern, responsive websites
• Optimize performance in JavaScript applications and master asynchronous programming patterns using promises, generators, and async/await
• Discover modern syntax tips and best practices to improve the readability and accessibility of your code

About the Author

MATT FRISBIE has written four other books, Building Browser Extensions, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers 4th edition, Angular 2 Cookbook, and AngularJS Web Application Development Cookbook. He previously worked at Google and DoorDash, and currently runs his own consulting business. Matt is active in the JavaScript community, maintains multiple open source projects, and is a frequent guest on podcasts. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.