Free JavaScript Books

Packt Publishing is offering Object-Oriented JavaScript – Second Edition for free. As applications move from the desktop to the browser, the need to learn well-structured JavaScript is vital. This book is for developers who want to learn JavaScript from scratch, or take their JavaScript skills to a new level of sophistication. …

The JavaScript Way is primarily designed for beginners. It is divided into three main parts. The first one teaches the basics of programming with JavaScript. The second one explains how to use JavaScript to create interactive web pages. The third one deals with web application development on both the client and server sides. Each part depends on the previous ones, but there’s no other prerequisite to reading. …

Thinking in JavaScript: A focused guide designed to help you understand and start speaking the language of the Web. In this book, we are going to use a practical approach so that we can gain more insight into JavaScript. By the end of the book, we should be able to understand the concepts of JavaScript so that we can implement it in our real-life applications. …

At least 80% of all information being collected by enterprises includes geolocation data. The Bing Maps V8 library is a very large collection of JavaScript code that allows web developers to place a map on a webpage, query for data, and manipulate objects on a map, creating a geo-application. In Bing Maps V8 Succinctly, James McCaffrey takes readers through utilizing this library, from creating the simplest application that uses it, to mastering more advanced functions like creating color-gradient legends and custom-styled Infobox objects. …

Aurelia is a relatively new, open-source JavaScript library/framework that simplifies the creation of web-based applications. You can code Aurelia applications using a lot of the same semantics and separation of concerns that you enjoy when developing in Java or C#. In Aurelia Succinctly, Matthew Duffield will walk you through setting up your machine, the semantics of ES6 and ES7 features in Aurelia, using skeleton navigation, databinding, creating custom elements and attributes, and more. …

Keystone.js is a free and open-source Node.js web framework for developing database-driven websites, applications, and RESTful APIs. The framework is built on Express.js and MongoDB, and follows the Model-View-Template design pattern. Find out in Manikanta Panati’s Keystone.js Succinctly how to use this framework to manage application templates, views, and routes, using JavaScript throughout. …

ECMAScript 6 (ES6), also known as ECMAScript 2015, brings new functionality and features to the table that developers have been wanting for a long time. The wait is over, and with help from ECMAScript 6 Succinctly by Matthew Duffield, you can now develop all of these features. You can also target browsers that don’t even support ES6 yet using a transpiler. A compiler translates one language to another, such as C# to MSIL, while a transpiler converts one version of a language to another, such as ES6 to ES5. …

Gulp is an easy-to learn, easy-to-use JavaScript task runner that has become an industry standard. This book offers an entry to Gulp for experienced developers. Author Kris van der Mast offers practical examples and clear descriptions, making Gulp Succinctly the perfect entry point for developers interested in Gulp. …

This introduction to Leaflet.js will teach key concepts of the software and critical techniques in order to help you develop web-ready interactive maps. Mark Lewin’s Leaflet.js Succinctly is the first step on the road to producing the best interactive maps you possibly can. …