About the book

Goal of this book: make JavaScript less challenging to learn for newcomers, by offering a modern view that is as consistent as possible.

Highlights:

• Get started quickly, by initially focusing on modern features.
• Test-driven exercises and quizzes for most chapters.
• Covers all essential features of JavaScript, up to and including ES2018.
• Advanced sections occasionally let you dig deeper (if you want to).

No prior knowledge of JavaScript is required, but you should know how to program.

A chapter in the book explains in detail what is and isn’t included.

Preview (over half the book)

• Preview of book:
  • Online (about 2/3 of book): HTML
  • Files (about half the book): PDF, EPUB, MOBI
• TOC of complete book
• Preview of quiz web app: online
• Preview of test-driven exercises: ZIP file

Most of the book will eventually be free to read online (current estimate: early 2019).

Buy the book

Two packages are available:

• Read: USD 29 excl. VAT (buy now)
  • Bonus chapters that are not in the free online version
  • DRM-free PDF
  • DRM-free EPUB and MOBI
  • Archive with HTML files (no ads)
  • Free updates for at least two years
• Read + practice: USD 44 excl. VAT (buy now)
  • All the files of package “read”
  • Test-driven exercises
  • Quiz web app
  • Free updates for at least two years
• Upgrading from “read” to “read + practice”: USD 19 excl. VAT (please email me)

If these packages are beyond your means, you can get a discount, via this form.

About the author

Dr. Axel Rauschmayer specializes in JavaScript and web development. He blogs, writes books and teaches classes.

Axel has been writing about JavaScript since 2009.

Praise for “JS for impatient programmers”