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JavaScript Reference describe the language features, behaviours, APIs and essentials. This category is NOT for tutorials or help guides and documents.

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• Can I use...

  http://caniuse.com/#cats=JS_API
  Compatibility tables, browser comparatives, for JavaScript APIs.

• Client-Side JavaScript Guide

  http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/816-6408-10/
  How to use core and client-side JavaScript.

• Closures

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Closures
  Closures are functions that refer to independent (free) variables.

• Dash

  http://kapeli.com/dash
  API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager, searches offline documentation of 130+ APIs and stores snippets of code. Also allows to generate own documentation sets.

• DevDocs

  http://devdocs.io/
  Combines multiple API documentations in a fast, organized, and searchable interface.

• DocHub: JavaScript

  http://dochub.io/#javascript/
  Instant documentation search.

• Document Object Model (DOM)

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM
  API for manipulating HTML and XML documents. Provides a structural representation of the document, enabling to modify its content and visual presentation by using a scripting language such as JavaScript.

• Dottoro's JavaScript

  http://help.dottoro.com/ljsdaoxj.php
  Detailed descriptions, browser support information, examples and cross-browser solutions.

• Draft Specification ECMA-262 6th Edition (harmony)

  http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:specification_drafts
  A historical record, the working draft of the ES.next specification prepared by the project editor.

• ECMA-262 by Dmitry Soshnikov

  http://dmitrysoshnikov.com/
  ECMAScript theorist, interprets the essentials of the language.

• ECMA-262: ECMAScript specification

  http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm
  The official specification for ECMAScript, the vendor-neutral standard for what was originally Netscape's JavaScript.

• ECMAScript

  http://www.ecmascript.org/
  The language of the web. Documentation, community, development.

• ECMAScript 6 compatibility table

  http://kangax.github.io/es5-compat-table/es6/
  Detail features names with browser compatibility.

• ECMAScript Language Specification ECMA-262 6th Edition – DRAFT

  https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/
  HTML version.

• ES Discuss

  http://esdiscuss.org/
  Aims to provide an easily browsable, nicely formatted archive of all the email correspondence on the es-discuss@mozilla.org mailing list.

• Functions are First Class Objects in JavaScript

  http://helephant.com/2008/08/19/functions-are-first-class-objects-in-javascript/
  JavaScript functions are just a special type of object that can do all the things that regular objects can do.

• Inheritance and the Prototype Chain

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Inheritance_and_the_prototype_chain
  JavaScript is a bit confusing for developers experienced in class-based languages (like Java or C++), as it is dynamic and does not provide a class implementation (although the keyword class is a reserved keyword and cannot be used as a variable name). This document develops the topic.

• Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Introduction_to_Object-Oriented_JavaScript
  JavaScript has strong object-oriented programming capabilities, even though some debates have taken place due to the differences in object-oriented JavaScript compared to other languages.

• JavaScript anti-patterns

  http://agentcooper.ghost.io/javascript-anti-patterns/
  For frontend writing using jQuery.

• JavaScript has a Unicode problem · Mathias Bynens

  http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode
  Write-up explains the pain points associated with Unicode in JavaScript, provides solutions for common problems, and explains how the upcoming ECMAScript 6 will improve the situation.

• JavaScript Overview

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/JavaScript_Overview
  Introduces JavaScript and discusses some of its fundamental concepts.

• JavaScript Patterns

  http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns/
  JavaScript patterns and antipatterns collection. Includes: General Patterns, jQuery and jQuery Plugin Patterns, Literals and Constructors Patterns, Function Patterns, Object Creation and Code Reuse Patterns, Design Patterns.

• JavaScript Reference

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference
  The JavaScript Reference serves as a repository of facts about the JavaScript language.

• JavaScript Technologies Overview

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/JavaScript_technologies_overview
  While HTML is used to define the structure and content of a web page and CSS encodes the style of how the formatted content should be graphically displayed, JavaScript is used to add interactivity to a web page or create rich web applications.

• lukehoban/es6features

  https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features
  Overview of ECMAScript 6 features with sample code.

• Memory Management

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Memory_Management
  Explains benefits, pitfalls and limitations of garbage collection.

• Microsoft: JavaScript Language Reference

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d1et7k7c(v=vs.94).aspx
  In the context of Microsoft products.

• Named Function Expressions Demystified

  http://kangax.github.io/nfe/
  Theoretical and practical aspects of these wonderful JavaScript constructs; the good, bad and ugly parts of them.

• Proposed ECMAScript 4th Edition

  http://www.ecmascript.org/es4/spec/overview.pdf
  Language overview.

• QuirksMode: DOM

  http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/
  Includes an introduction to the Level 1 DOM, compatibility tables, browser script benchmarks, and samples.

• Sameness in JavaScript

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Sameness
  ES6 has three built-in facilities for determining whether some x and some y are "the same".

• Server-Side JavaScript Guide

  http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/816-6411-10/
  How to use core and server-side JavaScript for version 1.2. JavaScript is Netscape's cross-platform, object-based scripting language for client and server applications.

• Smashing Coding: Understanding JavaScript's Function.prototype.bind

  http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2014/01/23/understanding-javascript-function-prototype-bind/
  How to keep the context of 'this' within another function, about the usage of Function.prototype.bind().

• Strict mode

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode
  ECMAScript 5's strict mode is a way to opt in to a restricted variant of JavaScript.

• Traversing an HTML Table with JavaScript and DOM Interfaces

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Traversing_an_HTML_table_with_JavaScript_and_DOM_Interfaces
  Learn DOM Core Level 1.0 methods and how to use them from JavaScript to dynamically create, access and remove HTML elements.

• W3C: JavaScript APIs

  http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/js
  List the status of current APIs, including completed work, drafts, group notes and obsolete specifications.

• Web API Interfaces

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API
  Comprehensive list of JavaScript interfaces, that is, types of objects.

• Web API Reference

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Reference/API
  A wide variety of APIs to perform various useful tasks.

• Web APIs

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI
  APIs that allow Web apps and content to access device hardware (such as battery status or the device vibration hardware), as well as access to data stored on the device (such as the calendar or contacts list).

• Whitespace in the DOM

  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Whitespace_in_the_DOM
  Article covering techniques and tips about the presence of whitespaces in the DOM.

 

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