This book makes JavaScript less challenging to learn for newcomers, by offering a modern view that is as consistent as possible.

    • Get started quickly, by initially focusing on modern features.
    • Test-driven exercises and quizzes available for most chapters.
    • Covers all essential features of JavaScript, up to and including ES2019.
    • Some advanced language features are not explained, but references to appropriate material are provided. For example, to my other JavaScript books at , which are free to read online.
    • This book deliberately focuses on the language. Browser-only features etc. are not described.

    Dr. Axel Rauschmayer specializes in JavaScript and web development. He has been developing web applications since 1995. In 1999, he was technical manager at a German Internet startup that later expanded internationally. In 2006, he held his first talk on Ajax. In 2010, he received a Ph.D. in Informatics from the University of Munich.

    He is located in Munich, Germany.