Pro JavaScript Development is a practical guide for front-end web developers who are experienced at building web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and now wish to advance their JavaScript skills to a higher level. You will learn how to build large, well-structured, high quality, mobile-optimized web sites and apps, using the latest supported browser APIs, language features, and tools. This book teaches and shows you in practical hands-on terms how you can:

• Master the performance, reliability, stability, and code manageability of your JavaScript
• Understand and write efficient object-oriented and prototypal code, including full understanding of the ‘this’ keyword
• Boost the performance of ... Read moreyour JavaScript code
• Architect large web applications using common design patterns
• Write high quality JavaScript code and avoid the pitfalls most likely to cause errors
• Manage code dependencies with AMD and RequireJS
• Develop for mobile, build games, and set up a real-time video chat using modern APIs such as Geolocation, Canvas and WebRTC
• Document your code as the professionals do
• Write command-line and web server applications in JavaScript with Node.js,
• Use build tools, such as Grunt and Gulp, to automate repetitive tasks and improve your development workflow

Using real-world examples and applications that you'll build yourself, Pro JavaScript Development has unique, practical content that will make you a better JavaScript developer. Become a master of the latest JavaScript coding techniques and tools, and harness its best capabilities today.