Alpha Version of Software Tools in JavaScript

2021-01-11

I have to fix two bugs in the examples, draw 91 diagrams, fill in an appendix on cognitive load, and then revise all 52,000 words, but the first draft is done. Feedback would be greatly appreciated: you can mail me or file issues in the book’s GitHub repository.

Title	Pages	Topic
Introduction	6
Systems Programming	20	Using callbacks to manipulate files and directories
Asynchronous Programming	22	Using promises to manage delayed computation
Unit Testing	12	Testing software piece by piece
File Backup	22	Archiving files with directory structure
Data Tables	16	Loading, saving, and manipulating tables efficiently
Pattern Matching	20	Using patterns to find things in data
Parsing Expressions	14	Turning text into code
Page Templates	18	Generating HTML pages from templates
Build Manager	22	Updating files that depend on other files
Layout Engine	24	Figuring out what goes where in a web page
File Interpolator	16	Managing source files that have been broken into pieces
Module Loader	16	Loading source files as modules
Style Checker	16	Checking that code conforms to style guidelines
Code Generator	14	Modifying code to track coverage and execution times
Documentation Generator	16	Generating documentation from comments embedded in code
Module Bundler	18	Turning many files into one
Package Manager	12	Getting and installing packages
Virtual Machine	16	Assembling and running low-level code
Debugger	18	Running programs under the control of a breakpointing debugger
Conclusion	2	Where we have been and where you could go next
Bibliography	2
License	4
Code of Conduct	2
Contributing	6
Cognition	2
Glossary	20
Links	6
Authors	6
Total	398