Programming for Absolute Beginners: Using the JavaScript Programming Language

Book Description

New programmers start here…this book introduces students or aspiring professionals to the world of computer programming using JavaScript and related technologies. This book doesn’t just teach the basics of programming, but also all of the tools that new programmers need to get started, including the basics of making web pages and how the Internet works.

Programming for Absolute Beginners offers practice problems, activities, and a host of resources to get new programmers started, plus a large glossary of terms introduced in the book and that a new programmer might encounter when learning on their own. No special software is required; this book will help you regardless of what your computer setup is, and source code will be freely available via GitHub.

What You Will Learn

• How computers work
• How computers communicate over networks
• How web pages are built with HTML and CSS
• How JavaScript works
• How JavaScript interacts with web pages
• Intermediate JavaScript topics such as recursion and scoping
• Using JavaScript for network communication

Who This Book Is ForAnyone wanting to begin computer programming, including students who need to learn the fundamentals and early professionals who want to go back and revisit the basics.

中文：

书名：面向绝对初学者的编程：使用JavaScript编程语言

新程序员从这里开始&这本书向学生或有抱负的专业人士介绍使用Java脚本和相关技术的计算机编程世界。这本书不仅教授编程的基础知识，还教授新程序员入门所需的所有工具，包括制作网页的基础知识和互联网的工作原理。

为绝对初学者编程提供了练习问题、活动和大量资源来帮助新程序员入门，以及书中介绍的大量术语表，以及新程序员在自学时可能会遇到的术语表。不需要特殊的软件；这本书将帮助你，无论你的计算机设置是什么，源代码将通过GitHub免费提供。

What You Will Learn

• 计算机的工作原理
• 计算机如何通过网络进行通信
• 如何使用HTML和CSS构建Web页面
• JavaScript的工作原理
• JavaScript如何与网页交互
• 中间的JavaScript主题，如递归和作用域
• 使用JavaScript进行网络通信

对于任何想要开始计算机编程的人来说，这本书是谁，包括需要学习基础知识的学生和想要回去重温基础知识的早期专业人员。