JavaScript Is Not the Language You Think It Is

McAnlis, Colt; Lubbers, Petter; Jones, Brandon; Tebbs, Duncan; Manzur, Andrzej; Bennett, Sean; dd’Erfurth, Florian; Garcia, Bruno; Lin, Shun; Popelyshev, Ivan; Gauci, Jason; Howard, Jon; Ballantyne, Ian; Freeman, Jesse; Kihira, Takuo; Smith, Tyler; Olmstead, Don; McCutchan, John; Austin, Chad; Pagella, Andres

doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3_1

Colt McAnlis¹,
Petter Lubbers¹,
Brandon Jones¹,
Duncan Tebbs¹,
Andrzej Manzur¹,
Sean Bennett¹,
Florian dd’Erfurth¹,
Bruno Garcia¹,
Shun Lin¹,
Ivan Popelyshev¹,
Jason Gauci¹,
Jon Howard¹,
Ian Ballantyne¹,
Jesse Freeman¹,
Takuo Kihira¹,
Tyler Smith¹,
Don Olmstead¹,
John McCutchan¹,
Chad Austin¹ &
…
Andres Pagella¹

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JavaScript is a deceptively familiar language. Its syntax is close enough to C/C++ that you may be tricked into thinking it behaves similarly.

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McAnlis, C. et al. (2014). JavaScript Is Not the Language You Think It Is. In: HTML5 Game Development Insights. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3_1

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