This is a book about JavaScript, programming, and the wonders of
the digital. You can read it online here, or get your own
paperback
copy.
Written by Marijn Haverbeke.
Licensed under
a Creative
Commons attribution-noncommercial license. All code in this book
may also be considered licensed under
an MIT license.
Illustrations by various artists: Cover and chapter illustrations
by Madalina Tantareanu.
Pixel art in Chapters 7 and 16 by Antonio Perdomo Pastor. Regular
expression diagrams in Chapter 9 generated
with regexper.com by Jeff
Avallone. Village photograph in Chapter 11 by Fabrice Creuzot. Game
concept for Chapter 15 by Thomas
Palef.
The third edition was made possible
by 325 financial backers, most
notably 
and 
. The second edition
was supported by 454 backers, with
significant contributions
from 
, 
,
and 
.