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Eloquent JavaScript
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ThisisabookaboutJavaScript,programming,andthewondersofthedigital.
Youcanreaditonlinehere,orgetyourownpaperbackcopyofthebook.

WrittenbyMarijnHaverbeke.
LicensedunderaCreativeCommonsattributionnoncommerciallicense.All
codeinthisbookmayalsobeconsideredlicensedunderanMITlicense.
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Illustrationsbyvariousartists:CoverbyWasifHyder.Computer(introduction)andunicyclepeople
(Chapter21)byMaxXiantu.Seaofbits(Chapter1)andweresquirrel(Chapter4)byMargarita
MartnezandJosMenor.Octopuses(Chapter2and4)byJimTierney.Objectwithon/offswitch
(Chapter6)byDyleMacGregor.RegularexpressiondiagramsinChapter9generatedwith
regexper.combyJeffAvallone.GameconceptforChapter15byThomasPalef.PixelartinChapter
16byAntonioPerdomoPastor.

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Introduction
Values,Types,andOperators
ProgramStructure
Functions
DataStructures:ObjectsandArrays
HigherorderFunctions
TheSecretLifeofObjects
Project:ElectronicLife
BugsandErrorHandling
RegularExpressions
Modules
Project:AProgrammingLanguage
JavaScriptandtheBrowser
TheDocumentObjectModel
HandlingEvents
Project:APlatformGame
DrawingonCanvas
HTTP
FormsandFormFields
Project:APaintProgram
Node.js
Project:SkillSharingWebsite

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