Types & Grammar

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Types
  • A Type By Any Other Name...
  • Built-in Types
  • Values as Types
• Chapter 2: Values
  • Arrays
  • Strings
  • Numbers
  • Special Values
  • Value vs Reference
• Chapter 3: Natives
  • Internal [[Class]]
  • Boxing Wrappers
  • Unboxing
  • Natives as Constructors
• Chapter 4: Coercion
  • Converting Values
  • Abstract Value Operations
  • Explicit Coercion
  • Implicit Coercion
  • Loose Equals vs Strict Equals
  • Abstract Relational Comparison
• Chapter 5: Grammar
  • Statements & Expressions
  • Operator Precedence
  • Automatic Semicolons
  • Errors
  • Function Arguments
  • try..finally
  • switch
• Appendix A: Mixed Environment JavaScript
• Appendix B: Acknowledgments