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          JAVASCRIPT                                                                                                                Best-selling Author and
          JAVASCRIPT                                                                                                             Principal Frontend Architect
                                                                                                                                                                               THE PRINCIPLES OF OBJECT-ORIENTED JAVASCRIPTTHE PRINCIPLES OF OBJECT-ORIENTED JAVASCRIPTTHE PRINCIPLES OF
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        If you’ve used a more traditional object-oriented                               • How to define your own constructors                                                                                              JAVASCRIPT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          JAVASCRIPT
        language, such as C++ or Java, JavaScript probably                              • How to work with and understand prototypes
        doesn’t seem object-oriented at all. It has no concept 
        of classes, and you don’t even need to define any                               • Inheritance patterns for types and objects
        objects in order to write code. But don’t be fooled
                                                                          —             The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript will leave                                                                                               NICHOLAS C. ZAKAS
        JavaScript is an incredibly powerful and expressive                             even experienced developers with a deeper understand-
        object-oriented language that puts many design                                  ing of JavaScript. Unlock the secrets behind how objects
        decisions right into your hands.                                                work in JavaScript so you can write clearer, more
        In The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript,                                flexible, and more efficient code.
        Nicholas C. Zakas thoroughly explores JavaScript’s 
        object-oriented nature, revealing the language’s                                                     ABOUT THE AUTHOR
        unique implementation of inheritance and other key 
        characteristics. You’ll learn:                                                  Nicholas C. Zakas is a software engineer at Box and
                                                                                        is known for writing on and speaking about the latest
        • The difference between primitive and reference                                in JavaScript best practices. He honed his experience
           values                                                                       during his five years at Yahoo!, where he was principal 
        • What makes JavaScript functions so unique                                     frontend engineer for the Yahoo! home page. He is the 
                                                                                        author of several books, including Maintainable JavaScript 
        • The various ways to create objects                                            and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers.
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                             The PrinciPles of  
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            The PrinciPles of 
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               by Nicholas C. Zakas
                      San Francisco
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