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  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Object-oriented JavaScript; A bit of history; Browser wars and renaissance; The present; The future; ECMAScript 5; Object-oriented programming; Objects; Classes; Encapsulation; Aggregation; Inheritance; Polymorphism; OOP summary; Setting up your training environment; WebKit's Web Inspector; JavaScriptCore on a Mac; More consoles; Summary; Chapter 2:Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions; Variables; Variables are case sensitive; Operators; Primitive data types.
  • Finding out the value type
  • the typeof operatorNumbers; Octal and hexadecimal numbers; Exponent literals; Infinity; NaN; Strings; String conversions; Special strings; Booleans; Logical operators; Operator precedence; Lazy evaluation; Comparison; Undefined and null; Primitive data types recap; Arrays; Adding/updating array elements; Deleting elements; Arrays of arrays; Conditions and loops; The if condition; The else clause; Code blocks; Checking if a variable exists; Alternative if syntax; Switch; Loops; While loops; Do-while loops; For loops; For-in loops; Comments; Summary; Exercises.
  • Chapter 3:FunctionsWhat is a function?; Calling a function; Parameters; Predefined functions; parseInt(); parseFloat(); isNaN(); isFinite(); eval(); Scope of variables; Variable hoisting; Functions are data; Anonymous functions; Callback functions; Callback examples; Immediate functions; Inner (private) functions; Functions that return functions; Function, rewrite thyself!; Closures; Scope chain; Breaking the chain with a closure; Closure #1; Closure #2; A definition and closure #3; Closures in a loop; Getter/setter; Iterator; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 4:Objects; From arrays to objects.
  • Elements, properties, methods, and membersHashes and associative arrays; Accessing an object's properties; Calling an object's methods; Altering properties/methods; Using the this value; Constructor functions; The global object; The constructor property; The instanceof operator; Functions that return objects; Passing objects; Comparing objects; Objects in the WebKit console; console.log; Built-in objects; Object; Array; A few array methods; Function; Properties of function objects; Methods of function objects; The arguments object revisited; Inferring object types; Boolean; Number; String.
  • A few methods of string objectsMath; Date; Methods to work with date objects; RegExp; Properties of RegExp objects; Methods of RegExp objects; String methods that accept regular expressions as arguments; search() and match(); replace(); Replace callbacks; split(); Passing a string when a regexp is expected; Error objects; Summary; Exercises; Chapter 5:Prototype; The prototype property; Adding methods and properties using the prototype; Using the prototype's methods and properties; Own properties versus prototype properties; Overwriting a prototype's property with an own property.