Fundamental JavaScript [UTC, March 2014]

FUNDAMENTAL

JAVASCRIPT
Aaron Gustafson
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FUNDAMENTAL JAVASCRIPT

Variables
var my_var;
var another_var, yet_another_var;


Variables
var MYVAR,
myvar,
myVar,
MyVar,
MyVaR;


Variables: Scope
function myFunc()
{
var my_var = false;
}
my_var; // undefined

Data Types
(i.e. stuff that goes in buckets)


Data type: Strings
var single_quoted = 'my text',
double_quoted = "more text";
var no_escape_necessary = 'some "text"',
escaped = 'some 'text'';
var numeric_string = '06517';


Data type: Numbers
var positive = 34,
negative = -1,
decimal = 3.14;


Data type: Booleans
var yes = true,
no = false,
also_yes = 1, // truthy
also_no = 0; // falsey


Data type: Arrays
var my_cats = [];
my_cats[0] = 'Sabine';
my_cats[1] = 'Dakota';
my_cats; // ['Sabine','Dakota']


Data type: Arrays
var sabine = [
'Sabine',
// 0 = name
'cat',
// 1 = type
'female',
// 2 = gender
17,
// 3 = age
true
// 4 = spayed/neutered
];
sabine[2]; // 'female'


Data type: Arrays
var sabine = ['Sabine', 'cat', 'female', 14, true],
dakota = ['Dakota', 'cat', 'male', 13, true];
pets = [ sabine, dakota ];
pets[1][0]; // 'Dakota'


Data type: Hashes
var sabine = [];
sabine['name'] = 'Sabine';
sabine['type'] = 'cat';
sabine['gender'] = 'female';
sabine['age'] = 14;
sabine['fixed'] = true;
sabine;
// []
sabine['name']; // 'Sabine'
sabine.name;
// 'Sabine'


Data type: Objects
var sabine = {};
sabine.name = 'Sabine';
sabine.type = 'cat';
sabine.gender = 'female';
sabine.age = 14;
sabine.fixed = true;
sabine;
// Object
sabine['name']; // 'Sabine'
sabine.name;
// 'Sabine'

Operators
(i.e. telling JS what to do)


Operators: Arithmetic
var one = 2 - 1,
two = 1 + 1,
three = 9 / 3,
four = 2 * 2,
five = three + two;


Operators: Concatenation
'This is a ' + 'string';

// 'This is a string'


Operators: Shorthand
var my_var = 1;
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var

+= 2; // 3
-= 2; // 1
*= 2; // 2
/= 2; // 1

my_var++;
my_var--;
++my_var;
--my_var;

//
//
//
//

2
1
2
1

(after eval.)
(after eval.)
(before eval.)
(before eval.)


Operators: Comparison
var my_var = 1;
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var
my_var

> 2;
< 2;
== 2;
>= 2;
<= 2;
!= 2;
=== 2;
!== 2;

// false
// true
// false
// false
// true
// true
// false
// true


Operators: Identity
function isTrue( value )
{
return value === true;
}
isTrue(
isTrue(
isTrue(
isTrue(

true ); // true
false ); // false
1 );
// false
0 );
// false


Operators: Logical
if ( ! my_var )
{
// my_var is false, null or undefined (not)
}
if ( my_var > 2 && my_var < 10 )
{
// my_var is between 2 and 10 (exclusive)
}
if ( my_var > 2 || my_var < 2 )
{
// my_var is greater or less than 2
// (i.e. my_var != 2)
}


Operators: Logical
if ( ! ( my_var < 2 ) )
{
// my_var is not less than 2
// (or my_var >= 2)
}
if ( ( my_var > 2 &&
my_var < 10 ) ||
my_var == 15 )
{
// my_var is between 2 and 10 (exclusive)
// or my_var is 15
}


Data type: Dynamic typing
var my_var = false;

// boolean

my_var = 14;

// number

my_var = "test";

// string

my_var = [];

// array

my_var = {};

// object

my_var = function(){}; // function


Data type: Dynamic typing
'This is a ' + 'string';

// 'This is a string'

10 + '20';

// '1020'

Control Structures
(i.e. conducting the symphony)


Conditional Action
if ( condition )
{
statement ;
}


Semicolons: Use them
first statement
second statement


first statement
second statement
compression
first statement second statement


first statement ;
second statement ;
compression
first statement ; second statement ;


Conditional Action
if ( 1 > 2 )
{
console.log( 'something is terribly wrong' );
}


Conditional Action
if ( 1 > 2 )
{
console.log( 'something is terribly wrong' );
}
else
{
console.log( 'everything is okay' );
}


Conditional Action
console.log(
1 > 2 ? 'something is terribly wrong' : 'everything is okay'
);


Conditional Action
if ( height > 6 )
{
console.log( 'you are tall' );
}
else if ( height > 5.5 )
{
console.log( 'you are of average height' );
}
else
{
console.log( 'you are shorter than average' );
}


Conditional Action
var msg = 'You are ';
switch ( true )
{
case height > 6:
msg += 'tall';
break;
case height > 5.5:
msg += 'of average height';
break;
default:
msg += 'shorter than average';
break;
}
console.log( msg );


For Loops
for ( initialization ; test condition ; alteration )
{
statement ;
}


For Loops
for ( var i=1; i<=10; i++ )
{
console.log( i );
}
// 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10


For Loops
for ( var i=1; i<=10; i++ )
{
console.log( i );
}
// 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
var i = 1;
for ( ; i<=10; )
{
console.log( i++ );
}
// 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10


While Loops
initialization ;
while ( test condition )
{
statement ;
alteration ;
}


While Loops
var i = 1;
while ( i < 10 )
{
console.log( i );
i += 2;
}
// 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
i; // 11


While Loops
var i = 11;
while ( i > 10 )
{
console.log( i++ );
}
// infinite loop (condition is always met)


While Loops
var i = 10;
while ( i )
{
console.log( i-- );
}
// 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Functions
(i.e. reusable bundles of logic)


Functions
function name( arguments )
{
statements ;
}


Functions
function isTrue( value )
{
return value === true;
}
isTrue(
isTrue(
isTrue(
isTrue(

true ); // true
false ); // false
1 );
// false
0 );
// false


Functions
function add( a, b )
{
return a + b;
}
add( 1, 2 );
// 3
add( 4, 5 );
// 9
add( 1, 2, 3 ); // 3


Functions
function add( a, b, c )
{
return a + b + c;
}
add( 1, 2 );
// Not a number (NaN)
add( 4, 5 );
// NaN
add( 1, 2, 3 ); // 6


Functions
function add( a, b, c )
{
c = c || 0;
return a + b + c;
}
add( 1, 2 );
// 3
add( 4, 5 );
// 9
add( 1, 2, 3 ); // 6


Functions
function add()
{
var total = 0,
i = 0;
while ( arguments[i] )
{
total += arguments[i++];
}
return total;
}
add( 1, 2 );
add( 1, 2, 3 );
add( 1, 2, 3, 8 );

// 3
// 6
// 14


Functions
function add()
{
var total = 0,
i = 0;
{
total += arguments[i++];
}
return total;
}
add(
add(
add(
add(

1,
1,
1,
1,

2 );
2, 3 );
2, 3, 8 );
2, ‘foo’, 8 );

// 3
// 6
// 14
// 3foo8


Functions
function add()
{
var total = 0,
i = 0;
{
if ( typeof arguments[i] == 'number' )
{
total += arguments[i];
}
i++;
}
return total;
}
add(
add(
add(
add(

1,
1,
1,
1,

2 );
2, 3 );
2, 3, 8 );
2, ‘foo’, 8 );

// 3
// 6
// 14
// 11


Variables: Scope
function myFunc()
{
my_first_var = true;
var my_second_var = false;
}
window.my_first_var; // undefined
myFunc();
window.my_first_var; // true
window.my_second_var; // undefined


Variables: Scope
function myFunc()
{
my_first_var = true;
var my_second_var = false;
}
window.my_first_var; // undefined
myFunc();
window.my_first_var; // true
window.my_second_var; // undefined
window.myFunc; // function


Variables: Scope
function Silly()
{
a = 10;
return a *= 2;
}
var a = 10;
a;
Silly();
Silly();
a;

// 10
// 20
// 20
// 20


Variables: Scope
function Silly()
{
var a = 10;
return a *= 2;
}
var a = 10;
a;
Silly();
Silly();
a;

// 10
// 20
// 20
// 10


Variables: Scope
function Silly()
{
return a *= 2;
}
var a =
Silly();
Silly();
a;

10;
// 20
// 40
// 40


“Anonymous” Functions
window.onload = function(){
// do something
};


(function(){
// do something
}());


(
// encapsulates some code
);


(
function(){
// defines an anonymous function
}
);


(
function(){
}() // executes it immediately
);


Objects
var Foo = {};


Objects
var Foo = {};
Foo.value = ‘bar’;
Foo.value; // ‘bar’


Objects
var Foo = {};
Foo.value = ‘bar’;
Foo.doSomething = function(){
console.log( this.value );
};
Foo.doSomething(); // ‘bar’


Almost everything’s an object
var
str_a = '1 2 3 4 5',
str_b = '6 7 8 9';
str_a.length;
str_a.concat( ' ', str_b );
str_a.indexOf( '1' );
str_a.lastIndexOf( ' ' );

// 9
// '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'
// 0
// 7


Almost everything’s an object
var arr = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ];
arr.length;
arr.join( ' ' );

// 5
// '1 2 3 4 5'

arr.pop();
arr;

// 5
// [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

arr.push( 6 );
arr;

// 5 (the new length)
// [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 ]

arr.reverse();
arr;

// [ 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 ]

arr.shift();
arr.unshift( 5 );
arr;

// 6
// 5 (the new length)
// [ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ]


HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset=”utf-8">
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph with a
<a href="http://blog.easy-designs.net">link</a>.</p>
<ul>
<li>a list item</li>
<li>another list item</li>
<li>a third list item</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>


HTML
html


HTML
html

head

meta

title

body

h1

p

ul

a

li

li

li


HTML
p

this is a paragraph
of text with a

a

href="http://blog.easy-designs.net"

.

link


Find Stuff (in CSS)
p {
color: red;
}
#footer {
border: 1px solid;
}
#footer p {
color: black;
}


Find Stuff (in JS)
document.getElementsByTagName( 'p' );

document.getElementById( 'footer' );

document.getElementById( 'footer' )
.getElementsByTagName( 'p' );


Find Stuff (in jQuery)
$( 'p' );

$( '#footer' );

$( '#footer p' );


Find Stuff (in modern JS)
document.querySelector( 'p' );

document.querySelector( '#footer' );

document.querySelector( '#footer p' );


Libraries vs. Vanilla JS
Write less code

Write more code

Don’t worry about
browser differences

Deal with browser issues

More abstraction

More explicit

Extra Downloads

Built-in

Slower

Faster

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Comparison
Syntax
document.getElementsByTagName( ‘p’ )
$( ‘p’ )
document.getElementById( ‘foo’ )

Operations/second
8,280,893
19,449
12,137,211

$( ‘#foo’ )

350,557

document.querySelector( ‘ul.first’ )

350,102

$( ‘ul.first’ )

18,450


Comparison
Syntax

Operations/second

document.getElementsByTagName( ‘p’ )

8,280,893

99.7% slower

19,449

$( ‘p’ )

document.getElementById( ‘foo’ )
$( ‘#foo’ )

97.1% slower

12,137,211
350,557

document.querySelector( ‘ul.first’ )

350,102

95% slower

18,450

$( ‘ul.first’ )


Traversing a document
var a = document.getElementsByTagName( 'a' ),
a_len = a.length,
i,
title;
for ( i=0; i < a_len; i++ )
{
title = a[i].getAttribute( 'title' );
if ( title )
{
console.log( title );
}
}


Traversing a document
node
node
node
node
node
node
node

.previousSibling; // node
.nextSibling;
// node
.parentNode;
// node
.childNodes;
// node list
.children;
// element collection
.firstChild;
// node
.lastChild;
// node


Digging in
node .nodeName;

// e.g. “em” or “#text”

node .nodeType;

// 1 = element
// 2 = attribute
// 3 = text

node .nodeValue;

// only attribute nodes
// and text nodes


Manipulate Stuff (in CSS)
p {
color: red;
}
#footer {
border: 1px solid;
}
#footer > p {
color: black;
}


Manipulate Stuff (in JS)
var abbr = document.createElement( 'abbr' );
var text = document.createTextNode( 'TN' );
abbr.setAttribute( 'title', 'Tennessee' );
abbr.appendChild( text );


Manipulating the DOM
element .appendChild( new_node );
element .insertBefore( new_node, target );
element .replaceChild( new_node, target );


Manipulating elements
var p = document.getElementsByTagName( 'p' )[0],

// collect

abbr = document.createElement( 'abbr' ),
text = document.createTextNode( 'TN' );

// generate

abbr.setAttribute( 'title', 'Tennessee' );
abbr.appendChild( text );
p.appendChild( abbr );

// combine


Cheap creation
// find #foo
var p = document.getElementById( '#foo' );
// create the model
var abbr = document.createElement( 'abbr' );
for ( i=0; i<100; i++ )
{
// append cheap copies to #foo
p.appendChild( abbr.cloneNode() );
}


Cheap creation
// create the model
var abbr = document.createElement( 'abbr' ),
a, b;
// add a child
abbr.appendChild(
document.createTextNode('hi')
);
// make cheap copies
a = abbr.cloneNode( false );
b = abbr.cloneNode( true );

// <abbr></abbr>
// <abbr>hi</abbr>


Bulk manipulation
// good for read/write of large chunks
element .innerHTML = new_content;
// avoid in general
document.write( new_content );


HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Example 1</title>
</head>
<body>
<blockquote cite="http://bit.ly/1n9zDlG">
<p>Progressive Enhancement, as a label for a strategy for
Web design, was coined by Steven Champeon in a series of
articles and presentations for Webmonkey and the SxSW
Interactive conference.</p>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>


The plan
1.Find all the blockquotes in a document
2. Get the value of the cite attribute
3. Create a new anchor element node
4. Set the href attribute of the anchor to the value of the cite
5. Create a new text node with the word “source”
6. Insert the text into the anchor
7. Insert the anchor into the blockquote.

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HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<blockquote cite="http://bit.ly/1n9zDlG">
<p>Progressive Enhancement, as a label for a strategy for
Web design, was coined by Steven Champeon in a series of
articles and presentations for Webmonkey and the SxSW
Interactive conference.</p>
</blockquote>
<script>
...
</script>
</body>
</html>


My take
var quotes = document.getElementsByTagName( 'blockquote' );
for ( var i=0; i < quotes.length; i++ )
{
var source = quotes[i].getAttribute( 'cite' );
if ( source )
{
var link = document.createElement( 'a' );
link.setAttribute( 'href', source );
var text = document.createTextNode( 'source' );
link.appendChild( text );
quotes[i].appendChild( link );
}
}


HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a <em>test</em> of a simple email obfuscation
technique. It relies on an obfuscated email address placed in
an emphasis element (<code>em</code>) and replaces it with a
<code>mailto:</code> link for the valid email address.</p>
<p>For example, this email address—<em>aaron [at]
easy [dash] designs [dot] net</em>— should be
converted.</p>
</body>
</html>


The plan
1. Find all the em elements in a document
2. Make sure the content passes our obfuscation test (e.g. contains “[at]”)
3. Grab the content and convert bracketed terms to their equivalents to
reveal the email address (e.g. “[at]” to “@”)
4. Create a new anchor
5. Set the content to be the email address
6. Set the mailto: href
7. Replace the em with the anchor

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My take
var ems = document.getElementsByTagName('em'),
i = ems.length, str, a;
while ( i-- )
{
if ( ems[i].firstChild &&
ems[i].firstChild.nodeValue.match( /s*[at]s*/g ) )
{
str = ems[i].firstChild.nodeValue
.replace( /s*[dot]s*/g, '.' )
.replace( /s*[at]s*/g, '@' )
.replace( /s*[dash]s*/g, '-' );
a = document.createElement( 'a' );
a.setAttribute( 'href', 'mailto:' + str );
a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( str ) );
ems[i].parentNode.replaceChild( a, ems[i] );
}
}

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