You Don't Know JS Yet: Scope and Closures
by Kyle Simpson
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Book Description
Are you looking for a better way to deeply learn the fundamentals of JavaScript? Look no further!The foundation of all programs is the organization of its variables and functions into different nested scopes. Yet, most developers haven't deeply contemplated how and why these decisions are made and the impacts on code maintainability.The worldwide best selling "You Don't Know JS" book series is back for a 2nd edition: "You Don't Know JS Yet". All 6 books are brand new, rewritten to cover all sides of JS for 2020 and beyond."Scope & Closures" examines all aspects of lexical scope, then builds on these principles to leverage the power of closure, and finally digs into the module pattern for better program structure.This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND). Free download in PDF format is not available. You can read You Don't Know JS Yet: Scope and Closures book online for free.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
What's the Scope?
Chapter 2
Illustrating Lexical Scope
Chapter 3
The Scope Chain
Chapter 4
Around the Global Scope
Chapter 5
The (Not So) Secret Lifecycle of Variables
Chapter 6
Limiting Scope Exposure
Chapter 7
Using Closures
Chapter 8
The Module Pattern
Appendix A
Exploring Further
Appendix B
Practice
Book Details
Title
You Don't Know JS Yet: Scope and Closures
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
Self-publishing
Published
2020
Pages
279
Edition
2
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9798621536459
ISBN10 Digital
8621536455
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