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Top 5 E-Books to Learn JavaScript

Released by the end of 1995, JavaScript has become one of the most popular and widely used programming languages to date. The language has been soaring high in popularity since with many devout followers using it. Well-known names such as Microsoft, Netflix, Walmart, eBay, Facebook are just some of the names of companies who use this language ardently in their systems.

To be honest, it would be difficult to find the name of a company that does not use JavaScript. Other than JavaScript, the other most preferred languages are CSS and HTML. With so many companies using it and others finally coming to terms with the necessity of JavaScript in their firms, there is a rising demand for JavaScript developers. But even for students who would wish to learn it, sometimes there is an issue regarding finding the right source.

Some can choose tutorials or online JavaScript courses. One of them is the “Advance JavaScript for Beginners” online course to learn javascript easily. This course includes objects and functions, prototypes, inheritance, closures, scope chains, and much more.

Others prefer to look up a few blogs about JavaScript and others can go for the traditional method of reading books and now with the changing times, E-Books are the newest trend of educational tools. There are many books in the market but these are the best-recommended E-Books for JavaScript students.

1. A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript: The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort


When learning a new language, the greatest challenge is to retain that knowledge, be it for any programming or foreign languages. The E-Book comes with a heap of flashcards and there are exercises to make you thorough with the subject. Some advanced concepts will be harder to understand for a beginner, but this E-Book explains these terms in a way that novice people will be able to grasp its meaning easily.

2. Eloquent JavaScript, 3rd Edition: A Modern Introduction to Programming


This E-Book will help you write codes that are also efficient. The author of the E-Book uses highly practical examples and he also teaches coding for beginners. The exercises in the E-Book, you will be able to create your own lines of coding in no time.

3. JavaScript for Beginners: The Simple Way to Start Programming


There are many courses that promise to teach you the language in a week’s time, though results are seldom achieved. This E-Book does not claim to be a magic E-Book like those but it teaches JavaScript from the fundamentals. Also, this E-Book will tutor you in all the essential tools.

4. The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages


The E-Book is the work of O’Reilly who is known for his works on programming languages. The book is akin to the Bible for JavaScript. Other than that, it also has chapters pertaining to HTML5 and ECMAScript5.

5. You Don’t Know JS Series


This book covers the trickier aspects of this language carefully and it also has features and performance techniques such as Generators and promises. These help you build single-page applications.

Conclusion

If you feel like we have missed some other popular E-books for learning JavaScript, let us know which E-book do you think should have been up here.

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