JavaScript langauge details are REALLY hard to find

[theGleep]

I like w3schools as my "go to" reference, but when I want to look up javascript *language* features, I can never find them.

 

I can find *object* features, like Array, Function, DOM and HTML Elements; but I can't find *language* elements like keywords (var, let ... today's word is "yield") and flow-control (loops) and decision (if/then).

 

Is there a reason this is the case?

[camoka4]

w3schools is good for beginners, for advanced info, please refer to stackoverflow

[Ingolme]

Information for language syntax and features are in the tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp while object properties and methods are in the reference http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/

 

Javascript doesn't have any keywords called "let" or "yield" so you wouldn't find them in any manual.

[davej]

Most language features are covered in the tutorial which includes sections that look more like references. You are right that not everything is covered. For some gritty details, especially recently added or proposed language features, you are probably much better off looking at...

 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference

 

For let...

 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/let

 

For yield...

 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/1.7?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=JavaScript%2FNew_in_JavaScript%2F1.7

Edited August 16, 2013 by davej

[camoka4]

@Ingolme, are you sure?

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/762011/javascript-let-keyword-vs-var-keyword

[justsomeguy]

W3schools is a tutorial, not a reference. When I want a Javascript reference I prefix a Google search with MDN (e.g., "mdn object", "mdn array", etc).