<div><p>If you’re a programmer new to JavaScript, or even a beginner with little or no programming experience, this latest edition of practical book offers complete, no-nonsense coverage of this essential web development language.<i>Learning JavaScript</i> follows proven learning principles to help you absorb the concepts at an easy pace, so you’ll learn how to create powerful and responsive applications in any browser.</p><p>Rather than simply teach JavaScript as an imperative language, author Ethan Brown (<i>Web Development with Node and Express</i>) introduces functional and asynchronous programming concepts early and reinforces them often. This book also gives equal preference to JavaScript’s use as a &quot;traditional&quot; language (with filesystem and console access) and to its use as a browser-based language.</p><ul><li>Learn the latest in JavaScript developments, including Ajax and JSON</li><li>Get concrete examples of common JavaScript usage patterns</li><li>Deal with complications of different browser implementations</li><li>Use best practices for this complex language</li></ul></div>