Includes index

Introduction --Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Development Environment --Chapter 2: Setting Up Your First Project --Chapter 3: Styles --Chapter 4: Responsive Layouts with Flexbox --Chapter 5: Adaptive Layouts with Media Queries --Chapter 6: Handling Events with JavaScript --Chapter 7: Visual Effects with CSS --Chapter 8: Modules, Objects and Methods --Chapter 9: Introduction to Bootstrap --Chapter 10: Processing Forms with JavaScript --Chapter 11: From Data to DOM --Chapter 12: Validating Forms --Chapter 13: Ajax --Chapter 14: Deferreds and Promises --Chapter 15: Introduction to Node.js --Chapter 16: Real-Time Communication with WebSockets --Chapter 17: Using ES6 with Babel --Chapter 18: ES6, the Adventure Continues --Chapter 19: Introduction to MVC and Ember --Chapter 20: Routing, Routes and Models --Chapter 21: Models and Data Binding --Chapter 22: Data: Adapters, Serializers and Transforms --Chapter 23: Views and Templates --Chapter 24: Controllers --Chapter 25: Components --Chapter 26: Afterword

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