JavaScript

Notes

• You can define and run the function straight away by enclosing it in parenthesis and adding empty () after

• In JavaScript, a type is a runtime tag describing the actual kind of data you have at runtime.

• A property is any value attached to an object. A method is a property that is a function.

• this, always references the owner of the function it is in, for this case — since it is now out of scope — the window/global object.

Links

• JavaScript. The Core

• Modern Javascript Tutorial

• You don't know JS books

• JS in 14 minutes

• 2017 JavaScript Rising Stars

• ES6 features

• The Definitive Guide to Object-Oriented JavaScript - Amazing video to understand JS inheritance & objects.

• JavaScript: The Core

• JavaScript is Good, Actually (HN comments)

• JavaScript Algorithms - Algorithms and data structures implemented in JavaScript with explanations and links to further readings.

• EC6 Features

• Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript

• Ask HN: “Expert Level” JavaScript questions?

• Benefits of prototypal inheritance over classical?

• Pax - Fastest JavaScript bundler in the galaxy.

• Philip Roberts: What the heck is the event loop anyway?

• BundlePhobia - Find the cost of adding a npm package to your bundle.

• An Overview of JavaScript Testing in 2018

• Introduction to ES6 Promises – The Four Functions You Need To Avoid Callback Hell

• Nice ES6/Promises/React cheat sheets

• JavaScript Visualizer - Tool for visualizing Execution Context, Hoisting, Closures, and Scopes in JavaScript.

• WallabyJS - Integrated continuous testing tool for JavaScript.

• ES6 features

• The State of JavaScript - The State of the Web (2018)

• A Quick Tour Of ES6 (Or, The Bits You’ll Actually Use)

• JavaScript on the Desktop, Fast and Slow (2018)

• ES6 for humans

• 33 concepts every JavaScript developer should know

• Design Patterns JS - All the 23 (GoF) design patterns implemented in JavaScript.

• Standard Library Proposal

• 30 seconds of code - Curated collection of useful JavaScript snippets that you can understand in 30 seconds or less.

• puppet-run - Run anything JavaScript in a headless Chrome from your command line.

• Yalc - Better workflow than npm | yarn link for package authors.

• ECMAScript proposals

• FromJS - See where each character on the screen came from in code.

• RunJS - Scratchpad for your thoughts, a playground for your creativity.

• Pragmatic, balanced FP in JavaScript book

• Pack - Helps you build amazing packages without the hassle.

• Learning JavaScript (2016)

• @pika/web - Install npm dependencies that run directly in the browser. No Browserify, Webpack or import maps required.

• Sucrase - Super-fast alternative to Babel for when you can target modern JS runtimes.

• Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide

• JavaScript Developer's Reading List - List of hand-picked books and articles for JavaScript developers.