JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide

Who knew how simple using JavaScript could be? Make the most of JavaScript--even if you've never programmed anything before.  JavaScript Absolute Beginner's Guide is the fastest way to learn JavaScript and use it together with CSS3 and HTML5 to create powerful web and mobile experiences. Learn how to do what you want, the way you want, one incredibly easy step at a time. JavaScript has never been this simple! Here's a small sample of what you’ll learn: Organize your code with variables Understand how functions make your code reusable Use the popular if/else statement to help make a decision in code Learn about switch statements and when to use them Work with for, while, and do...while loops Learn how to use global and local scope Understand what closures are Learn about the various places your code can live Understand how to write comments and use good commenting practices Learn about the basic types of objects you’ll run into in JavaScript Find out that pizza has an educational value beyond just being deliciously awesome Learn how to perform common string operations Use arrays to handle lists of data Learn to create custom objects Get up to speed on some of the big ES6 changes

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Hello, World! 2 Easily testing your code Part I The Basic Stuff 3 Values and Variables 4 Functions 5 Conditional Statements: If, Else, and Switch 6 Meet the Loops: For, While, and Do...While! 7 Timers 8 Variable Scope 9 Let and Const 10 Closures 11 Where Should Your Code Live? 12 Commenting Your Code Part II It's an Object-Oriented World 13 Of Pizza, Types, Primitives, and Objects 14 Strings 15 When Primitives Behave Like Objects 16 Arrays 17 Numbers 18 A Deeper Look at Objects 19 Extending Built-in Objects 20 Defining Objects as a Class 21 Extending Objects 22 Booleans and the Stricter === and !== Operators 23 Null and Undefined 24 Immediately Invoked Function Expressions Part III Working with the DOM 25 JS, The Browser, and The DOM 26 Finding Elements in the DOM 27 Modifying DOM Elements 28 Styling Your Content 29 Traversing the DOM 30 Creating and Removing DOM Elements 31 In-Browser Developer Tools Part IV Dealing with Events 32 Events 33 Event Bubbling and Capturing 34 Mouse Events 35 Keyboard Events 36 Page Load Events and Other Stuff 37 Handling Events for Multiple Elements 38 Promises and Asynchronous Events Part V Web Components 39 What are web components? 40 Building a custom element 41 Styling and the Shadow DOM 42 Templates and Slots Conclusion Glossary