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Hands-On JavaScript High Performance. Build faster web apps using Node.js, Svelte.js, and WebAssembly

Hands-On JavaScript High Performance. Build faster web apps using Node.js, Svelte.js, and WebAssembly

Justin Scherer

Ebook
High-performance web development is all about cutting through the complexities in different layers of a web app and building services and APIs that improve the speed and performance of your apps on the browser. With emerging web technologies, building scalable websites and sustainable web apps is smoother than ever.
This book starts by taking you through the web frontend, popular web development practices, and the latest version of ES and JavaScript. You'll work with Node.js and learn how to build web apps without a framework. The book consists of three hands-on examples that help you understand JavaScript applications at both the server-side and the client-side using Node.js and Svelte.js. Each chapter covers modern techniques such as DOM manipulation and V8 engine optimization to strengthen your understanding of the web. Finally, you’ll delve into advanced topics such as CI/CD and how you can harness their capabilities to speed up your web development dramatically.
By the end of this web development book, you'll have understood how the JavaScript landscape has evolved, not just for the frontend but also for the backend, and be ready to use new tools and techniques to solve common web problems.
  • 1. Tools for High Performance on the Web
  • 2. Immutability versus Mutability - The Balance between Safety and Speed
  • 3. Vanilla Land - Looking at the Modern Web
  • 4. Practical Example - A Look at Svelte and Being Vanilla
  • 5. Switching Contexts - No DOM, Different Vanilla
  • 6. Message Passing - Learning about the Different Types
  • 7. Streams - Understanding Streams and Non-Blocking I/O
  • 8. Data Formats - Looking at Different Data Types Other Than JSON
  • 9. Practical Example - Building a Static Server
  • 10. Workers - Learning about Dedicated and Shared Workers
  • 11. Service Workers - Caching and Making Things Faster
  • 12. Building and Deploying a Full Web Application
  • 13. WebAssembly - A Brief Look into Native Code on the Web
  • Title: Hands-On JavaScript High Performance. Build faster web apps using Node.js, Svelte.js, and WebAssembly
  • Author: Justin Scherer
  • Original title: Hands-On JavaScript High Performance. Build faster web apps using Node.js, Svelte.js, and WebAssembly
  • ISBN: 9781838825867, 9781838825867
  • Date of issue: 2020-02-28
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2abh
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing