Modern JavaScript for the Impatient

Cover Page
About This eBook
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1. Values and Variables
    1.1 Running JavaScript
    1.2 Types and the typeof Operator
    1.3 Comments
    1.4 Variable Declarations
    1.5 Identifiers
    1.6 Numbers
    1.7 Arithmetic Operators
    1.8 Boolean Values
    1.9 null and undefined
    1.10 String Literals
    1.11 Template Literals
    1.12 Objects
    1.13 Object Literal Syntax
    1.14 Arrays
    1.15 JSON
    1.16 Destructuring
    1.17 Advanced Destructuring
    Exercises
Chapter 2. Control Structures
    2.1 Expressions and Statements
    2.2 Semicolon Insertion
    2.3 Branches
    2.4 Boolishness
    2.5 Comparison and Equality Testing
    2.6 Mixed Comparisons
    2.7 Boolean Operators
    2.8 The switch Statement
    2.9 while and do Loops
    2.10 for Loops
    2.11 Breaking and Continuing
    2.12 Catching Exceptions
    Exercises
Chapter 3. Functions and Functional Programming
    3.1 Declaring Functions
    3.2 Higher-Order Functions
    3.3 Function Literals
    3.4 Arrow Functions
    3.5 Functional Array Processing
    3.6 Closures
    3.7 Hard Objects
    3.8 Strict Mode
    3.9 Testing Argument Types
    3.10 Supplying More or Fewer Arguments
    3.11 Default Arguments
    3.12 Rest Parameters and the Spread Operator
    3.13 Simulating Named Arguments with Destructuring
    3.14 Hoisting
    3.15 Throwing Exceptions
    3.16 Catching Exceptions
    3.17 The finally Clause
    Exercises
Chapter 4. Object-Oriented Programming
    4.1 Methods
    4.2 Prototypes
    4.3 Constructors
    4.4 The Class Syntax
    4.5 Getters and Setters
    4.6 Instance Fields and Private Methods
    4.7 Static Methods and Fields
    4.8 Subclasses
    4.9 Overriding Methods
    4.10 Subclass Construction
    4.11 Class Expressions
    4.12 The this Reference
    Exercises
Chapter 5. Numbers and Dates
    5.1 Number Literals
    5.2 Number Formatting
    5.3 Number Parsing
    5.4 Number Functions and Constants
    5.5 Mathematical Functions and Constants
    5.6 Big Integers
    5.7 Constructing Dates
    5.8 Date Functions and Methods
    5.9 Date Formatting
    Exercises
Chapter 6. Strings and Regular Expressions
    6.1 Converting between Strings and Code Point Sequences
    6.2 Substrings
    6.3 Other String Methods
    6.4 Tagged Template Literals
    6.5 Raw Template Literals
    6.6 Regular Expressions
    6.7 Regular Expression Literals
    6.8 Flags
    6.9 Regular Expressions and Unicode
    6.10 The Methods of the RegExp Class
    6.11 Groups
    6.12 String Methods with Regular Expressions
    6.13 More about Regex Replace
    6.14 Exotic Features
    Exercises
Chapter 7. Arrays and Collections
    7.1 Constructing Arrays
    7.2 The length Property and Index Properties
    7.3 Deleting and Adding Elements
    7.4 Other Array Mutators
    7.5 Producing Elements
    7.6 Finding Elements
    7.7 Visiting All Elements
    7.8 Sparse Arrays
    7.9 Reduction
    7.10 Maps
    7.11 Sets
    7.12 Weak Maps and Sets
    7.13 Typed Arrays
    7.14 Array Buffers
    Exercises
Chapter 8. Internationalization
    8.1 The Locale Concept
    8.2 Specifying a Locale
    8.3 Formatting Numbers
    8.4 Localizing Dates and Times
    8.5 Collation
    8.6 Other Locale-Sensitive String Methods
    8.7 Plural Rules and Lists
    8.8 Miscellaneous Locale Features
    Exercises
Chapter 9. Asynchronous Programming
    9.1 Concurrent Tasks in JavaScript
    9.2 Making Promises
    9.3 Immediately Settled Promises
    9.4 Obtaining Promise Results
    9.5 Promise Chaining
    9.6 Rejection Handling
    9.7 Executing Multiple Promises
    9.8 Racing Multiple Promises
    9.9 Async Functions
    9.10 Async Return Values
    9.11 Concurrent Await
    9.12 Exceptions in Async Functions
    Exercises
Chapter 10. Modules
    10.1 The Module Concept
    10.2 ECMAScript Modules
    10.3 Default Imports
    10.4 Named Imports
    10.5 Dynamic Imports
    10.6 Exports
    10.7 Packaging Modules
    Exercises
Chapter 11. Metaprogramming
    11.1 Symbols
    11.2 Customization with Symbol Properties
    11.3 Property Attributes
    11.4 Enumerating Properties
    11.5 Testing a Single Property
    11.6 Protecting Objects
    11.7 Creating or Updating Objects
    11.8 Accessing and Updating the Prototype
    11.9 Cloning Objects
    11.10 Function Properties
    11.11 Binding Arguments and Invoking Methods
    11.12 Proxies
    11.13 The Reflect Class
    11.14 Proxy Invariants
    Exercises
Chapter 12. Iterators and Generators
    12.1 Iterable Values
    12.2 Implementing an Iterable
    12.3 Closeable Iterators
    12.4 Generators
    12.5 Nested Yield
    12.6 Generators as Consumers
    12.7 Generators and Asynchronous Processing
    12.8 Async Generators and Iterators
    Exercises
Chapter 13. An Introduction to Typescript
    13.1 Type Annotations
    13.2 Running TypeScript
    13.3 Type Terminology
    13.4 Primitive Types
    13.5 Composite Types
    13.6 Type Inference
    13.7 Subtypes
    13.8 Classes
    13.9 Structural Typing
    13.10 Interfaces
    13.11 Indexed Properties
    13.12 Complex Function Parameters
    13.13 Generic Programming
    Exercises
Index
Code Snippets