This book collects 50 useful, unknown, underrated JavaScript functions or stuff discovered, used, and learned during JavaScript daily use.
Using JavaScript frameworks/libraries daily (like React, Vue, Angular), sometimes the perception of the power of the language and the basic functionalities provided by the JavaScript core could be lost. I see that usually, I used to look at the framework documentation or look for a package in Npm for the system, array, and string functions instead of using core functionalities provided by the language.
While I wrote this book, I also wrote some scripts to better understand the behavior of the functions. You can find these examples here: https://github.com/roberto-butti/50-drops-of-javascript in the examples directory.
The code used in this book is tested with NodeJs version 18 (LTS). Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment, and you can obtain Node.js on the official https://nodejs.org/ website.
I was thinking to print this book, but I think that is not so eco-friendly and a book about development could be improved daily in terms of spellchecking and the content and examples. So, I expect to adopt the same approach in the software with the CI/CD, with a continuous release of the book.
Releases:
- W.I.P. the 1.0.0 version is not yet released: writing... ;
The book is Work in Progress, the list of the functions covered by the book at the moment are listed in list-of-functions.md file
So, if you have any feedback, or you want to suggest some corrections, feel free to open an issue here: https://github.com/roberto-butti/50-drops-of-javascript/issues
This book is available for download for free here: https://github.com/roberto-butti/50-drops-of-javascript/
- Markdown files: content/;
- PDF file: export/50-drops-of-javascript-light.pdf;
- epub file: export/50-drops-of-javascript-light.epub
Thanks to all the Open Source community.
"50 drops of JavaScript" (c) by Roberto Butti
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