Master Space and Time With JavaScript

The Basics	Objects	Backbone	Ember
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Master Space and Time with JavaScript: All Four Books ($15.00) Master Space and Time with JavaScript Book 1: Basics ($0.00) Master Space and Time with JavaScript Book 2: Objects in JavaScript ($7.00) Master Space and Time with JavaScript Book 3: Backbone ($7.00) Master Space and Time With JavaScript Book 4: Ember ($7.00)     

Baffled by JavaScript?

Want to test JavaScript but you don’t know how?

Need to make JavaScript objects work for you and not against you?

Need to learn client side frameworks like Backbone and Ember?

 

Master Space and Time With JavaScript is a four book series that will help you come to to grips with modern JavaScript, including frameworks, testing, and the JavaScript object model.

Your questions, answered

Q: What is this book?

Master Space and Time in JavaScript is a four book series aimed at developers who have a basic knowledge of JavaScript but who need to learn about newer tools and practices.

If you poked at JavaScript but haven’t done much with it recently, the tools, libraries, and coding patterns have all changed dramatically. Master Space and Time in JavaScript gives you guidance on how to approach the simple parts of your JavaScript code first and how to manage the complex parts as needed.

Put another way, it’s the JavaScript book I wanted to hand our last apprentice when he asked for a good guide to JavaScript. I’ve also described the audience as people who used JavaScript a few years ago, just got back into it, and aren’t quite sure why everything is an anonymous function these days. It could also be called JavaScript: An Idiosyncratic Guide, as in the thing you use after you have the information in the definitive guide.

Q: What libraries and tools will it cover?

Primarily jQuery and Backbone.js, and Ember.js. I’m open to another framework if there’s a lot of interest. Plus, I’ll cover the Chrome developer tools. And, of course, Jasmine.

Q: Does the book cover testing?

Every piece of code in the book is described test-first. The book has more Jasmine than a Disney princess convention.

Q: When will it be available?

Books one and two are on sale now at http://www.noelrappin.com/mstwjs. They aren’t quite complete, but there’s more than 80 pages of PDF in both of them, with some additional material on the way.

Book three on Backbone is basically complete with some editing coming, with Book four on Ember is now in early, active release.

See more details about the release plan here.

Q: What about the pricing and other goodies?

Book one is free for nothing.

Book two, three, and four will be available individually for $7 each. They are all about 80 some-odd pages of content.

There’s an available bundle that gives you Books one and two right now, and automatically will add Books three and four when available. The bundle is $15 right now, though it will probably go up when book three is released.

If you’d like a site license, or would for some other reason like to give me more money, contact me at noel@noelrappin.com, and we’ll work something out.