Introduction
Web development industry is a fast-paced industry. New trends, technologies, techniques and APIs pop up now and then and we have to educate ourself to use it. As a web developer, I always reckon it's part of our responsibility or perhaps we need to train it as a habit to keep learning and upgrading ourself and do not satisfy with the status quo. We are meant to explore and discover as many solutions as possible. :)
In this post, I have gathered 6 free javascript ebooks for you! The one that caught my attention is "Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners", I do learn a few things out of it and I hope this collection will benefit you as well. Have fun reading!
Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners
This book is targeted at professional developers wishing to improve their knowledge of design patterns and how they can be applied to the JavaScript programming language.
Some of the concepts covered (closures, prototypal inheritance) will assume a level of basic prior knowledge and understanding. If you find yourself needing to read further about these topics, a list of suggested titles is provided for convenience.
If you would like to learn how to write beautiful, structured and organized code, I believe this is the book for you.
jQuery Fundamentals
jQuery is fast becoming a must-have skill for front-end developers. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the jQuery JavaScript library; when you're done with the book, you should be able to complete basic tasks using jQuery, and have a solid basis from which to continue your learning. This book was designed as material to be used in a classroom setting, but you may find it useful for individual study.
Eloquent JavaScript
Eloquent JavaScript is a book providing an introduction to the JavaScript programming language and programming in general.
A review from Brendan Eich, the man who gave us Javascript - "A concise and balanced mix of principles and pragmatics. I loved the tutorial-style game-like program development. This book rekindled my earliest joys of programming. Plus, JavaScript!"
The Little Book on CoffeeScript
This little book shows JavaScript developers how to build superb web applications with CoffeeScript, the remarkable little language that’s gaining considerable interest. Through example code, this guide demonstrates how CoffeeScript abstracts JavaScript, providing syntactical sugar and preventing many common errors. You’ll learn CoffeeScript’s syntax and idioms step by step, from basic variables and functions to complex comprehensions and classes.
Smooth coffeescript
Smooth CoffeeScript is a book about CoffeeScript and programming. Start with programming fundamentals, learn about functional programming with Underscore and problem solving, study object orientation and modularity. It covers client/server web apps with Canvas and WebSockets.
Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
JavaScript is one of the easiest, most straightforward ways to enhance a Web site with interactivity. Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours serves as an easy-to-understand tutorial on both scripting basics and JavaScript itself.
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