Pro JavaScript Development: Coding, Capabilities, and Tooling

Pro JavaScript Development is a practical guide for front-end web developers who are experienced at building web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and now wish to advance their JavaScript skills to a higher level. You will learn how to build large, well-structured, high quality, mobile-optimized web sites and apps, using the latest supported browser APIs, language features, and tools. This book teaches and shows you in practical hands-on terms how you can:
Master the performance, reliability, stability, and code manageability of your JavaScript
Understand and write efficient object-oriented and prototypal code, including full understanding of the ‘this’ keyword
Boost the performance of your JavaScript code
Architect large web applications using common design patterns
Write high quality JavaScript code and avoid the pitfalls most likely to cause errors
Manage code dependencies with AMD and RequireJS
Develop for mobile, build games, and set up a real-time video chat using modern APIs such as Geolocation, Canvas and WebRTC
Document your code as the professionals do
Write command-line and web server applications in JavaScript with Node.js,
Use build tools, such as Grunt and Gulp, to automate repetitive tasks and improve your development workflow
Using real-world examples and applications that you'll build yourself, Pro JavaScript Development has unique, practical content that will make you a better JavaScript developer. Become a master of the latest JavaScript coding techniques and tools, and harness its best capabilities today.
What you’ll learn
To build faster and more efficient web apps using the latest techniques
How to select the best libraries and frameworks for each project based on design patterns and sound principles
To manage JavaScript objects with inheritance through the ‘prototype’ property and the 'this' keyword
To unit test your JavaScript, to measure and improve the quality of your code
To create your own web server using Node.js, featuring real-time bidirectional communication with web sockets
Who this book is for
This book is intended for the front-end web developer who is already using JavaScript but wants to know what tools, and techniques they can use to enhance their development. You want to create better apps, better sites, with the best and latest skills.

Table of Contents

Object-Oriented JavaScript
Documenting JavaScript Code
Writing High-Quality JavaScript
Boosting JavaScript Performance
Design Patterns: Creational
Design Patterns: Structural
Design Patterns: Behavioral
Design Patterns: Architectural
Managing Code File Dependencies
Mobile JavaScript Development
Building Games with Canvas API
Using WebRTC for Video Chat
Using Client-Side Templates
The Node.js Application Platform
Build Tools and Automation
Browser Developer Tools