Chapter 7. Plays Well with Others
JavaScript development has matured over recent years. Once a simple language used to script a few animations and user interactions, JavaScript applications now support a full range of tasks that were only possible with desktop applications a few years ago. There are numerous well-documented libraries and frameworks that make complicated applications manageable through a web browser.
No JavaScript library or framework does everything perfectly. Most libraries focus on improving a few key requirements for application development, such as DOM manipulation, data binding, animation, or graphics. Some focus on speed; others focus on cross-browser compatibility.
A successful JavaScript developer doesn't have to build an ...
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