by Elisabeth Robson | Jun 12, 2015 | Beginner's Mind, blog, FrontPage, Programming
JavaScript isn’t the first language to use first class functions, but it’s likely the language that made them popular. Java, Objective C, C#, C++, Python… these are all languages that did not have first class functions until recently. Once JavaScript...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 23, 2014 | blog, Programming, Reader Question
I got another great question from a Head First JavaScript Programming reader this week. He was working on a big project and had modified our Model-View-Controller code from Chapter 8. Here’s what he wrote: I’m trying to get rid of the last global variable,...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 14, 2014 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, Teaser Video, Video
Keeping track of this In JavaScript, the special variable this is used to refer an object. But which object this refers too depends on the code you’re executing and how this is used. So, a common problem for those learning JavaScript is keeping track of the...
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