Intermediate JavaScript

I recently gave a brown-bag talk on advancing your Javascript skills from the beginner to intermediate level, covering the following topics.

• Variable scoping rules
• Object oriented programming
• Prototype-based inheritance
• Anonymous functions
• Module pattern

The code and tests for the presentation can be found here.

I highly recommend following up with the references that I used for preparing the talk for a more in-depth treatment of each of the topics.

• JavaScript: The Good Parts
  • Douglas Crockford, O’Reilly Press, 2008
• Mozilla Developer Network
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide/Working_with_Objects
• Yehuda Katz
  • http://yehudakatz.com/2011/08/12/understanding-prototypes-in-javascript/
  • http://yehudakatz.com/2011/08/11/understanding-javascript-function-invocation-and-this/
• Anette Bergo – Truthiness, falsiness, and other JavaScript Gotchas
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMLlEAqgRk
• Eloquent JavaScript
  • http://eloquentjavascript.net/
• Helephant.com
  • http://helephant.com/2009/08/17/javascript-prototype-chaining/
  • http://helephant.com/2008/08/23/javascript-anonymous-functions/
• Elegantcode.com
  • http://elegantcode.com/2010/12/24/basic-javascript-part-5-hoisting/
• Quirksmode.com
  • http://www.quirksmode.org/js/this.html
• Adequatelygood.com
  • http://www.adequatelygood.com/2010/3/JavaScript-Module-Pattern-In-Depth
• Eric Miraglia
  • http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/06/12/module-pattern/

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