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Key benefits

Discover similarities and differences between JavaScript and Python coding conventions

Explore frontend web concepts, UI/UX techniques, and JavaScript frameworks to enhance your web development skills

Put your JS knowledge into practice by developing a full-stack web app with React and Express

Description

Knowledge of Python is a great foundation for learning other languages. This book will help you advance in your software engineering career by leveraging your Python programming skills to learn JavaScript and apply its unique features not only for frontend web development but also for streamlining work on the backend. Starting with the basics of JavaScript, you’ll cover its syntax, its use in the browser, and its frameworks and libraries. From working with user interactions and ingesting data from APIs through to creating APIs with Node.js, this book will help you get up and running with JavaScript using hands-on exercises, code snippets, and detailed descriptions of JavaScript implementation and benefits. To understand the use of JavaScript in the backend, you’ll explore Node.js and discover how it communicates with databases. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with creating your own RESTful APIs and connecting the frontend and backend for holistic full-stack development knowledge. By the end of this Python JavaScript book, you’ll have the knowledge you need to write full-fledged web applications from start to finish. You’ll have also gained hands-on experience of working through several projects, which will help you advance in your career as a JavaScript developer.

Who is this book for?

This book is for experienced Python programmers who are looking to expand their knowledge of frontend and backend web development with JavaScript. An understanding of data types, functions, and scope is necessary to get to grips with the concepts covered in the book. Familiarity with HTML and CSS, Document Object Model (DOM), and Flask or Django will help you to learn JavaScript easily.

What you will learn

Discover the differences between Python and JavaScript at both the syntactical and semantical level

Become well versed in implementing JavaScript in the frontend as well as the backend

Understand the separation of concerns while using Python programming for server-side development

Get to grips with frontend web development tasks, including UI/UX design, form validation, animations, and much more

Create modern interaction interfaces for your Python web application

Explore modern web technologies and libraries for building full-stack applications

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SW Jan 24, 2021

Well written and easy to understand. Worth the money to purchase.

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jml Feb 16, 2021

Hands-on JavaScript for Python Developers provides exactly what the title implies; if you’re into Python and need or want to start using JavaScript, this is your book. However, there’s lot more between the covers. The author has a sense of humor (Shakespearean insults?) and keeps a light, conversational style running while delivering a broad introduction to not only JS but django, react, flask, and other packages. He also provides references to useful external resources like electronjs ensuring coverage of all of the bases needed to get up and running.Examples of DOM and event-driven API calls are included as well, so after completing the book, a Python developer should be able to successfully design a functional website using JS.To the author’s credit, he does not attempt to favor one technology over the other; while this is obviously a JS-centric work, care was definitely taken to include and acknowledge the Python side of things. All in all, this is a worthwhile read and a solid reference for the bookshelf if you fall into the title category.

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Ryan Richmond Nov 03, 2020

First and foremost, this is an easy to read book. The commentary by the author, not only about the examples laid out in the book, but just general commentary to connect the flow of the book is great. It is especially nice for those that normally don't enjoy "technical" instruction books (think dry text book from college). The author does a great job of not getting lost in technical terms, to make the text a dry read, but maintains credibility with their knowledge by how they frame the subject matter. It is a very conversational read, as if your simply conversing with the author about the subject matter.This is definitely a good book to learn JavaScript from. I think anyone with a programming background would benefit from this book, if they are wanting to gain functional knowledge of JavaScript. I would recommend this to anyone with coding knowledge as its not as specific to Python as the title may suggest. There are some areas that do a direct comparison, but overall I wouldn't let that deter you from buying this book to expand your JS knowledge.Lastly, there is quite a few historical background information pieces throughout the book that I really enjoyed from a general knowledge stand point. The background information was really helpful in allowing me to better understand the theory behind the usages in JavaScript compared to my existing knowledge from other languages.Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn JavaScript. This book will especially help to create a solid foundation in understanding of JavaScript and how it functions within the world of programming languages. I also wouldn't limit this book to those who know Python. Python isn't my "main" language, I spend most of my programming time in C and C++, using Python more more hobby projects because of available libraries. Not being a Python expert had little to no impact on my enjoyment and learning from this book. I have recommended this to a couple of co-workers who have wanted to get a better JS understanding.

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Aditya Jun 22, 2023

The book is not badly written, but the wording is a little confusing in some places. That’s not a deal breaker. But the book says it lets you leverage your python knowledge for faster learning, but very rarely does the author make comparisons to python. One example: in chapter 5, he talks about scoping and closures. Instead of comparing to python’s rules for the same, he explains those concepts from scratch. I bought this book intending to quickly get up to speed with JavaScript hacking known python for a while. If that’s you too, then this isn’t the book for you. I’ll update here if I find something better.

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高柱錫 Oct 11, 2021

I am not new to programming but this book was not easy to follow. It lacks detailed explanation.

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Hands-on JavaScript for Python Developers: Leverage your Python knowledge to quickly learn JavaScript and advance your web development career

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