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<h1>Eloquent JavaScript<div style="font-size: 70%">second edition</div></h2>

<p>This is a book about JavaScript, programming, and the wonders of

the digital. You can read it online here, or get your own

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593275846/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1593275846&linkCode=as2&tag=marijhaver-20&linkId=VPXXXSRYC5COG5R5">paperback copy</a> of the book.</p>

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<p>Written by Marijn Haverbeke.</p>

<p>Licensed under

a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative

Commons attribution-noncommercial license</a>. All code in this book

may also be considered licensed under

an <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT">MIT license</a>.</p>

<p style="font-size: 80%">Illustrations by various artists: Cover by

Wasif Hyder. Computer (introduction) and unicycle people (Chapter

21) by Max Xiantu. Sea of bits (Chapter 1) and weresquirrel (Chapter

4) by Margarita Martínez and José Menor. Octopuses (Chapter 2 and 4)

by Jim Tierney. Object with on/off switch (Chapter 6) by Dyle

MacGregor. Regular expression diagrams in Chapter 9 generated

with <a href="http://regexper.com">regexper.com</a> by Jeff

Avallone. Game concept for Chapter 15

by <a href="http://lessmilk.com">Thomas Palef</a>. Pixel art in

Chapter 16 by Antonio Perdomo Pastor.</p>

<p>The second edition was made possible

by <a href="backers.html">454 financial backers</a>, with

significant contributions from <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/"><img src="img/mozilla_mini.png"

alt=Mozilla class=logo></a>, <a href="http://www.hackreactor.com/"><img src="img/hack_reactor_mini.png" alt="Hack

Reactor" class=logo></a>, and <a href="http://www.ghostery.com/"><img src="img/ghostery_mini.png" alt="Ghostery"

class=logo></a>.</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="contents-intro"><a href="00_intro.html">Introduction</a>

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<h3>(Part 1: Language)</h3>

<a href="01_values.html">Values, Types, and Operators</a>

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<li><a href="02_program_structure.html">Program Structure</a>

<li><a href="03_functions.html">Functions</a>

<li><a href="04_data.html">Data Structures: Objects and Arrays</a>

<li><a href="05_higher_order.html">Higher-order Functions</a>

<li><a href="06_object.html">The Secret Life of Objects</a>

<li><a href="07_elife.html">Project: Electronic Life</a>

<li><a href="08_error.html">Bugs and Error Handling</a>

<li><a href="09_regexp.html">Regular Expressions</a>

<li><a href="10_modules.html">Modules</a>

<li><a href="11_language.html">Project: A Programming Language</a>

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<h3>(Part 2: Browser)</h3>

<a href="12_browser.html">JavaScript and the Browser</a>

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<li><a href="13_dom.html">The Document Object Model</a>

<li><a href="14_event.html">Handling Events</a>

<li><a href="15_game.html">Project: A Platform Game</a>

<li><a href="16_canvas.html">Drawing on Canvas</a>

<li><a href="17_http.html">HTTP</a>

<li><a href="18_forms.html">Forms and Form Fields</a>

<li><a href="19_paint.html">Project: A Paint Program</a>

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<h3>(Part 3: Node)</h3>

<a href="20_node.html">Node.js</a>

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<li><a href="21_skillsharing.html">Project: Skill-Sharing Website</a>

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<h2>Other pages</h2>

<p>A paper version of Eloquent JavaScript, including a bonus

chapter, is being brought out

by <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/ejs2">No Starch Press</a>. They

also sell an ebook version more polished than the files linked

below.</p>

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<li><a href="code">Code sandbox and exercise solutions</a></li>

<li><a href="errata.html">Errata for the paper book</a></li>

<li><a href="http://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript.pdf">This book as a single PDF file</a> (&amp; <a href="http://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript_small.pdf">small version for mobile</a>)</li>

<li><a href="http://eloquentjavascript.net/Eloquent_JavaScript.epub">This book as an EPUB file</a></li>

<li><a href="http://eloquentjavascript.net/1st_edition">The first edition of the book</a></li>

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