Andrew Burgess eBooks

Understand Backbone.js pragmatically by building seven different applications from scratch with this book and ebook Overview Gain insights into the inner working of Backbone to leverage it better Exploit Backbone combined with the features of a Node powered server Learn how to build seven step-by-step frontend applications In Detail Backbone.js is an open source, JavaScript library that helps you to build sophisticated and structured web apps. It's important to have well-organized frontend code for easy maintenance and extendability. With the Backbone framework, you'll be able to build applications that are a breeze to manage.In this book, you will discover how to build seven complete web applications from scratch. You'll learn how to use all the...

Ever wanted to spice up your websites with a dash of JavaScript, but not known where to start? In Getting Good with JavaScript, author Andrew Burgess breaks programming in JavaScript down into easy, straight-forward principles and practices. This book will introduce you to important programming concepts, show you how to write your first scripts, and make you comfortable with JavaScript code. You'll learn: The basics of types, variables, and operators Best practices for efficient coding Testing and optimizing your JavaScript Interacting with HTML elements Andrew Burgess will help you get past the learning curve and get you Getting Good with JavaScript!...