4. More about ‘Me’
• I build applications on Drupal
• I am an active contributor of code on
Drupal, jQuery and PHP communities
• One of my projects, a real-time
collaboration suite was showcased at
TechCrunch 50 in SF
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11. In time...
LiveScript
became
JavaScript
became
ECMAScript (Standard*)
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12. Misunderstandings...
The name “Java” Prefix
Lisp in C's clothing
Design errors
Poor implementation
Insufficient literature
Mostly adopted by amateurs
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15. Get, Set and Delete
get
object.name
object[expression]
set
object.name = value;
object[expression] = value;
delete
delete object.name
delete object[expression]
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16. Creating New Objects
Using Object Initializers
var obj = {property_1: value_1,
2: value_2,
"property_n": value_n };
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17. Creating New Objects
Using Constructor Function
function car(make, model, year) {
this.make = make;
this.model = model;
this.year = year;
this.display = function() {return this.make+ “ - “ +
this.model + “ - “ + this.year};
}
var mycar = new car("Eagle", "Talon TSi", 1993);
mycar.display();
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18. Object Reference
Objects can be passed as arguments to
functions, and can be returned by
functions.
Objects are passed by reference.
The === operator compares object
references, not values. It returns true
only if both operands are the same object
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21. Working with Prototype
Make an object that you like.
Create new instances that inherit from that
object.
Customize the new objects.
Taxonomy and classification are not
necessary.
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22. Inheritance
function Manager(id, name) {
function Employee(id) {
this.id = id;
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}
}
Employee.prototype.toString = Manager.prototype = new
function () { Employee();
return "Employee Id " + Manager.prototype.test =
this.id; function (name) {
}; return this.name === name;
};
Var mark = new Manager(1, 'Foo');
Mark.toString();
mark.test('foo');
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24. Function
Function Expression
Var foo = function foo(arg1, arg2) {}
Var foo = function(arg1, arg2) {}
var ele = document.getElementById('link');
ele.onclick = function(event){}
Function Statement
Function foo(arg1, arg2){}
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25. Scope
• In JavaScript, {blocks} do not have
scope.
• Only functions have scope.
• Variables defined in a function are not
visible outside of the function
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26. Return Statement
return expression;
or
return;
• If there is no expression, then the
return value is undefined.
• Except for constructors, whose default
return value is 'this'.
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28. arguments
• When a function is invoked, in addition to its
parameters, it also gets a special parameter
called arguments.
• It contains all of the arguments from the
invocation.
• It is an array-like object.
• arguments.length is the number of
arguments passed.
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29. this
• The 'this' parameter contains a
reference to the object of invocation.
• 'this' allows a method to know what
object it is concerned with.
• 'this' allows a single function object to
service many functions.
• 'this' is key to inheritance.
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30. invocation
The ( ) suffix operator surrounding zero or more
comma separated arguments.
The arguments will be bound to parameters.
If a function is called with too many arguments,
the extra arguments are ignored.
If a function is called with too few arguments,
the missing values will be undefined.
There is no implicit type checking on the
arguments.
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31. invocation
There are four ways to call a function:
• Function form
• functionObject(arguments)
• Method form
• thisObject.methodName(arguments)
• thisObject["methodName"](arguments)
• Constructor form
• new FunctionObject(arguments)
• Apply form
• functionObject.apply(thisObject,[arguments])
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32. global
var names = ['zero', 'one', 'two',
'three', 'four', 'five', 'six',
'seven', 'eight', 'nine'];
var digit_name = function (n) {
return names[n];
};
alert(digit_name(3)); // 'three'
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33. slow
var digit_name = function (n) {
var names = ['zero', 'one', 'two',
'three', 'four', 'five',
'six',
'seven', 'eight', 'nine'];
return names[n];
};
alert(digit_name(3)); // 'three'
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