You Don‘t Know JS: Async & Performance

No matter how much experience you have with JavaScript, odds are you dont fully understand the language. As part of the "e;You Dont Know JS"e; series, this concise yet in-depth guide focuses on new asynchronous features and performance techniquesincluding Promises, generators, and Web Workersthat let you create sophisticated single-page web applications and escape callback hell in the process.Like other books in this series, You Dont Know JS: Async & Performance dives into trickier parts of the language that many JavaScript programmers simply avoid. Armed with this knowledge, you can become a true JavaScript master.With this book you will:Explore old and new JavaScript methods for handling asynchronous programmingUnderstand how callbacks let third parties control your programs executionAddress the "e;inversion of control"e; issue with JavaScript PromisesUse generators to express async flow in a sequential, synchronous-looking fashionTackle program-level performance with Web Workers, SIMD, and asm.jsLearn valuable resources and techniques for benchmarking and tuning your expressions and statements