Part I. Core JavaScript

This part of the book, Chapter 2 through Chapter 11, documents the core JavaScript language as it is used in web browsers, web servers, and other embedded JavaScript implementations. This part is meant to be a JavaScript language reference. After you read through it once to learn the language, you may find yourself referring back to it to refresh your memory about some of the trickier points of JavaScript.

Chapter 2: Lexical Structure
Chapter 3: Data Types and Values
Chapter 4: Variables
Chapter 5: Expressions and Operators
Chapter 6: Statements
Chapter 7: Functions
Chapter 8: Objects
Chapter 9: Arrays
Chapter 10: Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
Chapter 11: Further Topics in JavaScript