Books by Callum MacRae

Get a brisk introduction to building fast, interactive single-page web applications with Vue.js, the popular JavaScript framework that organizes and simplifies web development. With this practical guide, you'll quickly move from basics, such as the template syntax, to custom components and advanced features such as JSX.

If youre comfortable with jQuery but a bit shaky with JavaScript, this concise guide will help you expand your knowledge of the languageespecially the code that jQuery covers up for you. Many jQuery devotees write as little code as possible, but with some JavaScript under your belt, you can prevent errors, reduce overhead, and make your application code more efficient.This book explores event handling, prototypes, and working with the DOM and AJAX through examples and lots of code. Youll learn common conventions and patterns in JavaScript andif youve never coded with JavaScript beforea tutorial will take you through the basics.Enhance your jQuery code by using object constructors and prototypesReduce overhead and gain more control by handling events with JavaScriptWork with the DOM much faster with JavaScript than you can with jQuerySend a few AJAX requests without having to load the entire jQuery libraryUnderstand the importance of JavaScript code standards, comments, code reuse, and anti-patternsEnlist JavaScript resources, such as a good IDE, a syntax checker, and version control