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JavaScript is the programming language of the Internet, the secret sauce that makes the Web awesome, your favorite sites interactive, and online games fun!
JavaScript for Kids is a lighthearted introduction that teaches programming essentials through patient, step-by-step examples paired with funny illustrations. You’ll begin with the basics, like working with strings, arrays, and loops, and then move on to more advanced topics, like building interactivity with jQuery and drawing graphics with Canvas.
Along the way, you’ll write games such as Find the Buried Treasure, Hangman, and Snake. You’ll also learn how to:
–Create functions to organize and reuse your code
–Write and modify HTML to create dynamic web pages
–Use the DOM and jQuery to make your web pages react to user input
–Use the Canvas element to draw and animate graphics
–Program real user-controlled games with collision detection and score keeping
With visual examples like bouncing balls, animated bees, and racing cars, you can really see what you’re programming. Each chapter builds on the last, and programming challenges at the end of each chapter will stretch your brain and inspire your own amazing programs. Make something cool with JavaScript today!
Ages 10+ (and their parents!)
From the Publisher
Why JavaScript?
This book is as much an introduction to programming in general as it is to JavaScript. You’ll learn how to write JavaScript from the ground up. Each chapter will introduce one concept at a time, building on what you learned in previous chapters. You”ll also find challenges that encourage you to expand on the examples in the book and write your own code. By the end you’ll be programming your own games and animations!
If you”re picking a first programming language to learn, why choose JavaScript? Well, first off, it’s easy to start writing JavaScript. All modern web browsers can run JavaScript code, so as long as you have a browser on your computer, you can write and run JavaScript without having to install anything else. This is very different from most programming languages, where you need to download tools like an interpreter or compiler just to run your code.
JavaScript is also a really fun language to write. It gives you a lot of freedom to write code in your own style, and it can be forgiving of your mistakes.
Plus, programming in JavaScript opens up a whole world of opportunities. JavaScript is most commonly used to make web pages interactive, but it can also run on web servers to create whole websites, and you can even use JavaScript to control robots!
This book is divided into three parts
Part I: Fundamentals covers all the basic elements of JavaScript, including the different data types, conditional statements, loops, and functions. You”ll also learn how to create simple HTML web pages, and create a text-based version of the game Hangman.
Part II: Advanced JavaScript introduces more advanced techniques that build on the basics from Part I. These include jQuery, object-oriented programming, running code at intervals with timers, and responding to browser events like clicks. You’ll use your knowledge of click events to build a game called Find the Buried Treasure!
Part III: Canvas introduces the HTML5 canvas element, which is a blank area that you can use JavaScript to draw on. You”ll learn how to draw to the canvas, how to animate your drawings, and then how to control those animations using the keyboard. Finally you”ll put all this together to recreate the classic game Snake.
The book ends with a glossary and some resources to help you continue your journey as a programmer.
Publisher : No Starch Press; 1st edition (December 14, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1593274084
ISBN-13 : 978-1593274085
Reading age : 9 years and up
Lexile measure : 1040L
Grade level : 4 – 6
Item Weight : 1.64 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.8 x 9.25 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book’s content great for beginners and excellent for getting a foothold to learn JavaScript. They say it’s easy to understand, with complex explanations made relatable. Readers also mention the concepts are introduced in an easy way. Overall, they describe the book as fun to progress through and enjoyable to read.
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