JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS. Ninety-nine percent of websites use JavaScript on the client side for webpage behavior. Wikipedia
Created Year: 1996Designed by: Brendan Eich
Named after: Java
Aliases: JS, Javascript, javascript, Java Script, ECMAScript, js
File extensions: js, mjs
Wikidata: Q2005
Influenced: ActionScript • asm.js • Ballerina • BeanShell • Chaos • CoffeeScript • Curl • Dart • FJAX • Gleam • Google Apps Script • Haxe • JS++ • JSX • Kinetic Rule Language • Kotlin • LiveScript • Monkey X • Pascal Script • PHP • QML • TypeScript • Zig
Influenced by: AWK • C • HyperTalk • Java • LiveScript • Lua • Perl • Python • Scheme • Self
Programming paradigms: aspect-oriented programming • event-driven programming • functional programming • generic programming • imperative programming • prototype-based programming
Language types: event-driven programming language • functional programming language • high-level programming language • imperative programming language • interpreted language • multi-paradigm programming language • prototype-based programming language • scripting language • strict programming language
JavaScript Influence Network
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Hello World in JavaScript
console.log("Hello World");
Source: github.com/leachim6/hello-world
Free JavaScript books, articles, documentation
- Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide - Airbnb (HTML)
- Basic JavaScript for the impatient programmer - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- Bible of JS - Harsh Sharma, Sheryians Coding School
- Book of Modern Frontend Tooling - Various (HTML) (CC BY-NC)
- Building Front-End Web Apps with Plain JavaScript - Gerd Wagner (HTML,PDF)
- Clean Code JavaScript - Ryan McDermott (HTML)
- Crockford's JavaScript - Douglas Crockford (HTML)
- Deep JavaScript: Theory and techniques - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- Designing Scalable JavaScript Applications - Emmit Scott (PDF+livebook)
- Dev Docs - Various (HTML)
- DOM Enlightenment - Cody Linley
- Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition - Marijn Haverbeke (HTML, PDF, EPUB, MOBI) (CC BY-NC)
- Essential Javascript - Krzysztof Kowalczyk, StackOverflow Contributors
- Exploring ES6 - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- Functional-Light JavaScript - Kyle Simpson (HTML)
- Google JavaScript Style Guide - Aaron Whyte, Bob Jervis, Dan Pupius, Erik Arvidsson, Fritz Schneider, Robby Walker (HTML)
- Human JavaScript - Henrik Joreteg (HTML)
- JavaScript (ES2015+) Enlightenment - Cody Lindley (HTML)
- JavaScript Allongé - Reginald Braithwaite (HTML)
- JavaScript Bible - Danny Goodman (PDF)
- JavaScript Challenges Book - Tomás Corral Casas (HTML)
- JavaScript ES6 and beyond - Alberto Montalesi (PDF, epub)
- JavaScript For Beginners - Microsoft
- JavaScript For Cats - Maxwell Ogden (HTML)
- JavaScript for Data Science - Maya Gans, Toby Hodges, Greg Wilson (HTML)
- JavaScript for Impatient Programmers (ES2020 edition) - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- JavaScript for Impatient Programmers (ES2022 edition) - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- JavaScript from ES5 to ESNext - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
- JavaScript Fundamentals, Plus a Dash Of JQuery - for dinner ladies - Nicholas Johnson (HTML)
- JavaScript Handbook - Flavio Copes (HTML, PDF)
- JavaScript Interview #35 - Coderslang Master (PDF, email address requested, not required)
- JavaScript Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow documentation (PDF)
- JavaScript Patterns Collection - Shi Chuan (HTML)
- JavaScript Spessore - Reginald Braithwaite (HTML) (:card_file_box: archived)
- JavaScript Succinctly - Cody Lindley (PDF, Kindle; email address requested, not required)
- JavaScript the Right Way - William Oliveira, Allan Esquina (HTML)
- Javascript Tutorial
- JavaScript Wikibook - Wikibooks (HTML, PDF)
- JavaScript with Classes - Diogo Eichert (EPUB)
- JS Robots - Mark Daggett (PDF) (:card_file_box: archived)
- Leaflet Tips and Tricks: Interactive Maps Made Easy - Malcolm Maclean (HTML)
- Learn JavaScript - Suman Kumar, Github Contributors (HTML, PDF)
- Learning JavaScript Design Patterns - Addy Osmani (HTML)
- Let's Learn ES6 - Ryan Christiani (Superbook format)
- Managing Space and Time with JavaScript - Book 1: The Basics - Noel Rappin (dead link)
- Modern JavaScript - Daniel Rubio
- Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide - Mozilla Developer Network contributors (HTML)
- MythBusters JS - Kiko Beats (HTML)
- Neural Networks with JavaScript Succinctly - James McCaffrey (PDF, EPUB, MOBI)
- Oh My JS - Azat Mardanov (HTML) (:card_file_box: archived)
- Patterns For Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture - Addy Osmani (HTML)
- Practical Modern JavaScript - Nicolas Bevacqua (HTML)
- Professor Frisby’s Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming - Brian Lonsdorf (HTML)
- Robust Client-Side JavaScript - Matthias Schäfer (HTML, EPUB)
- Single page apps in depth - Mixu (HTML)
- Software Design by Example: A Tool-Based Introduction with JavaScript - Greg Wilson (HTML)
- Speaking JavaScript - Axel Rauschmayer
- Standard ECMA-262 ECMAScript 2016 Language Specification - Ecma International (HTML,PDF)
- The Code Challenge Book - Daniel Borowski (PDF)
- The JavaScript Beginner's Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
- The JavaScript Way - Baptiste Pesquet
- The Modern JavaScript Tutorial - Ilya Kantor (HTML)
- The Problem with Native JavaScript APIs - Nicholas C. Zakas (PDF, email address requested)
- Thinking in JavaScript - Aravind Shenoy (Kindle)
- Understanding ECMAScript 6 - Nicholas C. Zakas (HTML)
- Understanding JavaScript OOP - Quil (HTML)
- Understanding the DOM — Document Object Model - Tania Rascia (PDF, EPUB)
- You Don't Know JS - Kyle Simpson (HTML, PDF, EPUB, MOBI)
AngularJS
:information_source: (deprecated since 2022) see Angular
- Angular 1 Style Guide - John Papa (HTML)
- Angular Testing Succinctly - Joseph D. Booth (HTML)
- AngularJS - Step by Logical Step - Nicholas Johnson (HTML)
- AngularJS Guide (HTML)
- AngularJS Material Designing (HTML)
- AngularJS Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow Documentation (PDF)
- AngularJS Style Guide for teams - Todd Motto (HTML)
- AngularJS Succinctly - Frederik Dietz (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested, not required)
- AngularJS Tutorial (HTML)
- AngularJS vs EmberJs - Brendan Graetz (HTML)
- Seven-Part Introduction to AngularJS - Keving Ngo (HTML, :package: demos, open-sourced examples)
- Unit Testing Best Practices in AngularJS - Andy Shora (HTML)
Backbone.js
- A pragmatic guide to Backbone.js apps
- Backbonejs Tutorials
- Building Single Page Web Apps with Backbone.js (:construction: in process)
- Developing Backbone.js Applications
- Getting Started with Backbone.js
- How to share Backbone.js models with node.js
Booty5.js
D3.js
- D3 Tips and Tricks - Malcolm Maclean
- Dashing D3.js Tutorial
- Interactive Data Visualization with D3
Dojo
- Dojo: The Definitive Guide - Matthew A. Russell
Electron
- Electron Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (email address requested, not required)
Elm
- An Introduction to Elm (HTML)
- Beginning Elm - Pawan Poudel (HTML)
- Building a Live-Validating Signup Form in Elm
- Elm Accelerated - James Porter
- Elm Programming Language (HTML)
- Elm Tutorial
- Learn You an Elm (HTML)
- The Elm Architecture
Ember.js
- AngularJs vs EmberJs - Brendan Graetz (HTML)
- Ember App with RailsApi
- Ember.js - Getting started
- Vic Ramon's Ember Tutorial
- yoember.com
Express.js
- Express.js Guide - Azat Mardanov (:card_file_box: archived)
- The Express.js Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
Fastify
Hydrogen
- Build a Hydrogen storefront (HTML)
Ionic
- Ionic 4 Succinctly - Ed Freitas
jQuery
- JavaScript Fundamentals, Plus a Dash Of JQuery - for dinner ladies
- jQuery Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow Documentation (PDF)
- jQuery Novice to Ninja (PDF)
- jQuery Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (email address requested, not required)
Meteor
- Your First Meteor Application, A Complete Beginner’s Guide to the Meteor JavaScript Framework (HTML) (:card_file_box: archived)
Next.js
- Learn Next.js - Vercel Inc.
- Mastering Next.js
- Next.js 13 Crash Course 2023: Learn App Directory, React Server Components & More - Brad Traversy (Traversy Media)
- The Next.js Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
Node.js
- An Introduction to libuv - Nikhil Marathe (PDF - ePub)
- Essential Node.js - Krzysztof Kowalczyk, StackOverflow Contributors
- From Containers to Kubernetes with Node.js - Kathleen Juell (PDF, EPUB)
- Full Stack JavaScript: Learn Backbone.js, Node.js and MongoDB - Azat Mardan
- How To Code in Node.js - eBook - David Landup, Marcus Sanatan @ Stack Abuse, Digital Ocean (PDF, EPUB)
- Introduction to Node.js (HTML)
- Mastering Node - visionmedia (PDF)
- Mixu's Node Book
- Node Documentation (PDF)
- Node: Up and Running - Tom Hughes-Croucher
- Node.js Best Practices - Yoni Goldberg, et al.
- Node.js Design Patterns - Mario Casciaro (PDF)
- Node.js Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow Documentation (PDF)
- Node.js Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (email address requested, not required)
- Practical Node.js: Building Real-World Scalable Web Apps - Azat Mardan
- Serverless framework getting started
- Shell scripting with Node.js - Axel Rauschmayer (HTML)
- The Node Beginner Book
- The Node.js Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
Nuxt.js
- Nuxt.js Succinctly - Ed Freitas
Om
React
- 30 days of React: An introduction to React in 30 bite-size morsels - Ari Lerner (PDF)
- Airbnb React/JSX Style Guide - Airbnb
- Essential React - Krzysztof Kowalczyk, StackOverflow Contributors
- Hacking with React
- Hands on React - Craig Mckeachie
- How To Code in React.js - Joe Morgan
- Intro to the React Framework
- Learning React.js: Getting Started and Concepts
- Quick Start
- React-Bits
- React Book, your beginner guide to React - Chris Noring
- React Enlightenment - Cody Lindley (HTML)
- React In-depth: An exploration of UI development
- React in patterns - Krasimir Tsonev
- React JS Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow Documentation (PDF)
- React Primer Draft
- React Succinctly - Samer Buna
- React Tutorial by Josh Finnie
- React Tutorial - Part 1 - Josh Finnie
- React Tutorial - Part 2 - Josh Finnie
- React Tutorial - Part 3 - Josh Finnie
- React with ASP.NET Core Tutorial
- React.js Tutorial: Now is Your Time to Try It, Right in Your Browser
- Redux Tutorial - Tutorial Point (HTML, PDF)
- SurviveJS - Webpack and React
- The React Beginner's Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
React Native
- Essential React Native - Krzysztof Kowalczyk, StackOverflow Contributors (CC BY-SA)
- React Native Animation Book
- React Native Express
- React Native Notes for Professionals - Compiled from StackOverflow documentation (PDF) (CC BY-SA)
- React Native Training
- The Ultimate Guide to React Native Optimization (PDF) (email requested, not required)
Redux
- Full-Stack Redux Tutorial
- SoundCloud Application in React + Redux
- The Complete Redux Book - Boris Dinkevich, Ilya Gelman (HTML)
Remix
Svelte
- Beginner SvelteKit - Steph Dietz
- Getting started with Svelte - MDN Web Docs (CC BY-SA)
- Svelte Tutorial - Svelte.dev
- The Svelte Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
Vue.js
- 30 Days Of Vue - Hassan Djirdeh (HTML; email required for PDF)
- Learning Vue.js - Compiled from StackOverflow Documentation (PDF) (CC BY-SA)
- The Vue.js Handbook - Flavio Copes (PDF, EPUB, Kindle) (email address requested)
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