{"product_id":"how-javascript-works-9781949815016","title":"How JavaScript Works","description":"\u003cp\u003eA light-hearted romp thru the world's most misunderstood programming language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas Crockford starts by looking at the fundamentals: names, numbers, booleans, characters, and bottom values. JavaScript's number type is shown to be faulty and limiting, but then Crockford shows how to repair those problems. He then moves on to data structures and functions, exploring the underlying mechanisms and then uses higher order functions to achieve class-free object oriented programming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also looks at eventual programming, testing, and purity, all the while looking at the requirements of The Next Language. Most of our languages are deeply rooted in the paradigm that produced FORTRAN. Crockford attacks those roots, liberating us to consider the next paradigm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also presents a strawman language and develops a complete transpiler to implement it. The book is deep, dense, full of code, and has moments when it is intentionally funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virgule-Solidus LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949815016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.69d","brand":"Douglas Crockford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672895615132,"sku":"9781949815016","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1a2fb1e7-5591-4a8b-b504-236c53f16c5a.jpg?v=1603928612","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-javascript-works-9781949815016","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}