If you want to significantly expand your webdevelopment skills beyond PHP, this practical, hands-on book teaches youECMAScript the core JavaScript language from the ground up. You’ll discoversome similarities between JavaScript and PHP, such as conditions and loops, butthe primary focus is on JavaScript’s unique object creation, classes,prototypes, and inheritance.
JavaScript knowledge is essential for working with today’s Web, whether you’rebuilding applications for the client, the server, or for mobile use and yourPHP experience gives you a head start. This book will help you become fluentwith JavaScript quickly, and then serve as a handy reference once you startcoding.
Explore JavaScript syntax, including variables, arrays, loops, and conditions
Learn how functions are important in JavaScript—and why they’re actually objects
Delve into JavaScript’s object-oriented features, including prototypes, code reuse, and inheritance
Examine the built-in API and explore its global functions, properties, and objects
Learn about updates in ECMAScript5, the latest version of the standard
Use common design patterns to organize your code in large applications
