Modern JavaScript Programming for Beginners: Featuring ECMAScript 2025 and WebStorm Community Edition

Master modern JavaScript the right way, using the latest ECMAScript 2025 features and JetBrains WebStorm Community Edition.

Modern JavaScript Programming for Beginners: Featuring ECMAScript 2025 and WebStorm Community Edition is your complete guide to learning today’s JavaScript — the language that powers the modern web. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or a developer updating your skills, this book walks you through every step of mastering JavaScript in its newest, most powerful form.

You’ll begin by setting up WebStorm Community Edition and exploring JavaScript fundamentals: variables, data types, loops, functions, and objects. Then you’ll progress through hands-on exercises covering DOM manipulation, asynchronous code, and working with APIs.

Along the way, you’ll learn and apply cutting-edge ECMAScript 2025 features, including:
The pipeline operator (>) for cleaner, functional data transformations
JSON modules and import attributes for modern modular development
Iterator helpers and immutable collections for safer data handling
Pattern matching and records/tuples for elegant, predictable logic
Temporal API and other time-handling improvements
Each chapter combines clear explanations, practical code examples, and mini-projects designed to build your confidence step-by-step. You’ll also learn essential development skills:
Setting up and customizing WebStorm CE for modern workflows
Debugging, linting, and formatting your code
Using Git version control and publishing projects online
Building and deploying your own browser-based JavaScript applications
By the end of this book, you will:
Understand JavaScript fundamentals and modern ES syntax
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable JavaScript code
Use modern tooling and workflows like a professional developer
Be ready to explore frameworks such as React, Vue, or Svelte
Learn JavaScript with confidence — and start building the web of tomorrow, today.