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[understandinges6] - Understanding ECMAScript 6
[oopinjs] - Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
[projs3e] - Professional JavaScript 3rd Edition
[projs2e] - Professional JavaScript 2nd Edition
[projs] - Professional JavaScript 1st Edition
[hpjs] - High Performance JavaScript
[mjs] - Maintainable JavaScript
[proajax2e] - Professional Ajax 2nd Edition
[proajax] - Professional Ajax

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Mark Edwards, Nicholas Zakas3

5/6/23

understanding javascript promises book question and thoughts

your book arrived from amazon today! and now its time to look into getting it autographed by the

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understanding javascript promises book question and thoughts

your book arrived from amazon today! and now its time to look into getting it autographed by the

5/6/23

Nutan Gwari, Nicholas Zakas2

7/14/22

[understandinges6] - Understanding ECMAScript 6

Sorry for the delay, this ended up in my spam folder. Are you saying you'd like to learn more

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[understandinges6] - Understanding ECMAScript 6

Sorry for the delay, this ended up in my spam folder. Are you saying you'd like to learn more

7/14/22

Katarzyna Syguła

2/17/22

Understanding JavaScript Promises

Hi Nicholas, congratulations on publishing your new book: Understanding JavaScript Promises I am

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Understanding JavaScript Promises

Hi Nicholas, congratulations on publishing your new book: Understanding JavaScript Promises I am

2/17/22

Felipe Bernardes

1/25/22

Hi Zakas, can we talk about your book?

Hi Nicholas, Would you be interested in transforming your book The Principles of Object-Oriented

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Hi Zakas, can we talk about your book?

Hi Nicholas, Would you be interested in transforming your book The Principles of Object-Oriented

1/25/22

wind f, Nicholas Zakas3

2/22/21

[understandinges6]

No problem. Thanks for the followup. On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 4:31 PM wind f <fwindmailsaddress@

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[understandinges6]

No problem. Thanks for the followup. On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 4:31 PM wind f <fwindmailsaddress@

2/22/21

Alex And, Nicholas Zakas4

1/12/21

understandinges6

Great, thanks! On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:43 AM And Alex <alexand...@gmail.com> wrote: Ok,

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understandinges6

Great, thanks! On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 11:43 AM And Alex <alexand...@gmail.com> wrote: Ok,

1/12/21

Mohit Kanika, Nicholas Zakas3

6/9/20

New Book on ECMAScript 7,8,9 & 10

ooh didn't realise that you are still not doing well. I really hope you recover soon and get good

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New Book on ECMAScript 7,8,9 & 10

ooh didn't realise that you are still not doing well. I really hope you recover soon and get good

6/9/20

Jeff, Nicholas Zakas3

5/19/20

inheriting from promise

thanks On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10:48:23 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: You are correct.

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inheriting from promise

thanks On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10:48:23 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: You are correct.

5/19/20

Nicholas Zakas, Jeff2

5/13/20

Re: Class prototype readonly

Thanks Nicolas :-) On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 11:00:29 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Nicholas,

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Re: Class prototype readonly

Thanks Nicolas :-) On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 11:00:29 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Nicholas,

5/13/20

Mohit Kanika, Nicholas Zakas3

5/6/20

Memory Leak on element.onclick

Thank you Nicholas, will look into devtool option. On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:00:10 AM UTC-4,

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Memory Leak on element.onclick

Thank you Nicholas, will look into devtool option. On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:00:10 AM UTC-4,

5/6/20

Jeff, Nicholas Zakas4

4/29/20

setTimeOut in an async task

Thanks, On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11:27:23 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Yes, you won'

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setTimeOut in an async task

Thanks, On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11:27:23 PM UTC+8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Yes, you won'

4/29/20

wd, Nicholas Zakas2

1/16/20

understandinges6 asynch task runner

Hi Will, In the case of an error you wouldn't want to call step(), so the two functions are not

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understandinges6 asynch task runner

Hi Will, In the case of an error you wouldn't want to call step(), so the two functions are not

1/16/20

Martin Rumpler, Nicholas Zakas2

11/1/19

Square.prototype.constructor on page 75 in The principles of OOJS should be non-enumerable

Hi Martin, It looks like you're correct, that example (and the one at the beginning of the

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Square.prototype.constructor on page 75 in The principles of OOJS should be non-enumerable

Hi Martin, It looks like you're correct, that example (and the one at the beginning of the

11/1/19

Quang Trí Trương, Nicholas Zakas3

8/28/19

[projs] zInherit

I see. Thanks anyway. Sincerely. Vào 21:39:42 UTC+7 Thứ Tư, ngày 28 tháng 8 năm 2019, Nicholas C.

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[projs] zInherit

I see. Thanks anyway. Sincerely. Vào 21:39:42 UTC+7 Thứ Tư, ngày 28 tháng 8 năm 2019, Nicholas C.

8/28/19

Andy Michalski, Nicholas Zakas3

3/21/19

Understanding The Relationship Between HTML DOM Element Properties [projs3e]

I see. Thanks! On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 2:57:52 PM UTC-4, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Hi Andy,

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Understanding The Relationship Between HTML DOM Element Properties [projs3e]

I see. Thanks! On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 2:57:52 PM UTC-4, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: Hi Andy,

3/21/19

Mohit Kanika, Nicholas Zakas2

11/7/18

Professional Javascript Third Edition | Doubt | Page 96

Hi Mohit, It looks like this is a copy-paste error from another section of the book. Please ignore

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Professional Javascript Third Edition | Doubt | Page 96

Hi Mohit, It looks like this is a copy-paste error from another section of the book. Please ignore

11/7/18

10/29/18

Base Library in Scalable JavaScript Application Architecture

Hi. I dont understand, how Base Library must provide API for modules. As I can imagine it make a lot

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Base Library in Scalable JavaScript Application Architecture

Hi. I dont understand, how Base Library must provide API for modules. As I can imagine it make a lot

10/29/18

qianye...@gmail.com, Nicholas Zakas2

9/8/18

[understandinges6]the spesification of getInt8

Thanks, I'll let the publisher know. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:03 AM <qianye...@gmail.com

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[understandinges6]the spesification of getInt8

Thanks, I'll let the publisher know. On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:03 AM <qianye...@gmail.com

9/8/18

8/31/18

[oopinjs] - identifying reference types

Hello, I'm new to programming and so far I found you're book amazing especially the way you

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[oopinjs] - identifying reference types

Hello, I'm new to programming and so far I found you're book amazing especially the way you

8/31/18

michail, Nicholas Zakas3

8/4/18

[oopinjs] The [[Prototype]] Property, assign a value to a prototype property

Hi Nicholas, In that case you are right, there is no way to manipulate prototype. By the way really

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[oopinjs] The [[Prototype]] Property, assign a value to a prototype property

Hi Nicholas, In that case you are right, there is no way to manipulate prototype. By the way really

8/4/18

4/14/18

Software Testing Course in chennai

Software testing course will teach you all the manual testing and automate testing concepts. It

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Software Testing Course in chennai

Software testing course will teach you all the manual testing and automate testing concepts. It

4/14/18

Wayne Rasmussen, Nicholas Zakas3

1/31/18

[mjs] Separate Configuration Data from Code

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 8:41:43 AM UTC-8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: I would suggest reading

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[mjs] Separate Configuration Data from Code

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 8:41:43 AM UTC-8, Nicholas C. Zakas wrote: I would suggest reading

1/31/18

caiji...@gmail.com, Nicholas Zakas2

9/28/17

[projs3e] About the configurable attribute to false and Object.defineProperty()

Hi, If a property is not configurable, you can change writable from true to false, but not from false

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[projs3e] About the configurable attribute to false and Object.defineProperty()

Hi, If a property is not configurable, you can change writable from true to false, but not from false

9/28/17

Nick Name, Nicholas Zakas5

9/16/17

[oopinjs] Check pirate sharing your book

You may give them a url to this topic. I am not afraid of email revenge :) (this is a special address

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[oopinjs] Check pirate sharing your book

You may give them a url to this topic. I am not afraid of email revenge :) (this is a special address

9/16/17

Quantbo, Nicholas Zakas2

8/18/17

[oopinjs] 'this' in global scope

That's true inside a function. When you reference 'this' outside of a function in the

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[oopinjs] 'this' in global scope

That's true inside a function. When you reference 'this' outside of a function in the

8/18/17

mgryn...@yahoo.com, Nicholas Zakas2

8/18/17

[understandinges6] found errors

Thanks, this was previously reported and fixed: https://github.com/nzakas/understandinges6/issues/373

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[understandinges6] found errors

Thanks, this was previously reported and fixed: https://github.com/nzakas/understandinges6/issues/373

8/18/17

Quantbo, Nicholas Zakas2

8/13/17

[oopinjs] E6 impact

No, the book is still relevant. I'd recommend reading it and then reading Understanding

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[oopinjs] E6 impact

No, the book is still relevant. I'd recommend reading it and then reading Understanding

8/13/17

Andy Stabler, Nicholas Zakas3

7/30/17

[understandinges6] Can I make my notes public?

Wonderful, thank you!

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[understandinges6] Can I make my notes public?

Wonderful, thank you!

7/30/17

Алексей Струков, Nicholas Zakas3

6/23/17

Maintenable js - null or undefined for primitive types?

Thanks. It is reasonable, but not universal solution(( What if we need to find closest number in

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Maintenable js - null or undefined for primitive types?

Thanks. It is reasonable, but not universal solution(( What if we need to find closest number in

6/23/17

Avjinder Sekhon, Nicholas Zakas3

6/17/17

I'm making my way through Professional Javascript for Web Developers and found a discrepancy.

Thank you for replying so quickly. Loving the book btw. Thanks. On Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 9:27:20

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I'm making my way through Professional Javascript for Web Developers and found a discrepancy.

Thank you for replying so quickly. Loving the book btw. Thanks. On Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 9:27:20

6/17/17

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