\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{alex09998} \pdfinfo{ /Title (web-applications-01.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (alex09998) /Subject (Web Applications 01 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{4BA397} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F9F8} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Web Applications 01 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{alex09998} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/137559/cs/42627/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}alex09998 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/alex09998} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 4th March, 2024.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{General info}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{We use ES6 (EcmaScript standard version 6)} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Runs natively on browsers AND on a computer (using Node.js). Execution environments: Server \& CLI Node.js, Browser, learning aids (\{\{link="http://pythontutor.com/javascript.html"\}\}Python Tutor\{\{/link\}\}).} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{JS engines (interpreters): V8, SpiderMonkey, JavaScriptCore.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Compatibility:}} \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-circle\}\} Backwards: https://babeljs.io/, Polyfilling \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-circle\}\} Strict mode disables dangerous old semantics} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{First line of file is \{\{nl\}\} `"use strict" ;` \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-circle\}\} Can't define properties/parameters with same name;} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Control Structures}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{If conditions: `if - else if - else`, `switch (expr)`} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Loops: `for (initial\_expr; cond; increment;)`, `do - while`, `while`} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Special {\bf{for}} statements: \{\{nl\}\} `for (var in object) \{\}`: iterates over all the enumerable {\bf{properties}} of an object. Do {\bf{not}} use to traverse an array. \{\{nl\}\} `for (var of iterable) \{\}`: iterates the variable over all values of an {\bf{iterable object}} (array, map, etc.) and returns {\bf{the values}}.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Exception handling}}: \{\{nl\}\} `try-catch-finally`. \{\{nl\}\} Ready to use throwables.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The condition of the ifs causes an implicit conversion of whatever is written to a boolean. \newline \newline The expression in the switch may also be a string. \newline \newline In loops, we may use `break;` or `continue;`} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Expressions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Declare + initialize: \{\{nl\}\} `\{\{lang-js\}\}let variable = expression ;` \{\{nl\}\} Reassign: \{\{nl\}\} `\{\{lang-js\}\}variable = expression ;`} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Comparison}}: \{\{nl\}\} convert and compare: `a == b` \{\{nl\}\} same type {\bf{and}} value: `a === b`} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Conversions}}: \{\{nl\}\} any to boolean: \{\{nl\}\} `truthy-falsy rule, Boolean(a), !!a` \{\{nl\}\} String to Number: \{\{nl\}\} `Number(s), parseInt(s), parseFloat(s)` \{\{nl\}\} Number to String: \{\{nl\}\} `n.toString(), String(n), n+""`} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{String {\bf{concatenation}}: \{\{nl\}\} `string1 + string2`} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Default value}} assignment ({\emph{if a then a else b}}): \{\{nl\}\} `a || b`} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Strings}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Immutable sequence of unicode characters. All {\bf{operations}} always return {\bf{new strings}}.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Length = \# of characters (not bytes). \{\{nl\}\} Empty string has length 0 and is a {\bf{falsy}}.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Operations}}: \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} indexing `\{\{lang-js\}\} s{[}3{]}` \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} concatenation `\{\{lang-js\}\} s1 + s2` \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} \# of characters `\{\{lang-js\}\} s.length`} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Template literals ("dynamic string concatenation")}} \{\{nl\}\} `\{\{lang-js\}\}let name = "Bill";` \{\{nl\}\} `\{\{lang-js\}\}let greeting = \textbackslash{}`Hello \$\{ name \}.\textbackslash{}`;`} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Some Unicode characters are represented by {\bf{two}} code units, so some string methods above FFFF might misbehave.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Language Structure}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{One file = one JS program}}\{\{nl\}\} ((loaded independently but communicate w/ global state and modules)} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{File is entirely {\bf{parsed}} and {\bf{then}} executed top to bottom.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Written in {\bf{Unicode}}, case sensitive.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types and Variables}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Values}} have {\bf{types}}: \{\{nl\}\} "type" is a property of a value. \{\{nl\}{]} \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Variables}} DON'T have types: \{\{nl\}\} variables can contain any type, and ≠ types in ≠ moments.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Boolean type: \{\{nl\}\} 'true' or 'false' literal values \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Conversion:}} \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Truthies:}} `0, -0, NaN, undefined, null, ' '` \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Falsies:}} `3, 'false', {[}{]}, \{\}, ...`} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Numbers: \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} No distinction integers and reals \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} {\bf{Automatic conversion}} according to operation} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Nullish values}}: \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} `undefined`: variable declared but not initialized. Returned by void functions. \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} `null`: empty value} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Variables}}: \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} They're pure references: refer to a {\bf{value}} \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} Declare: {\bf{let}}, {\bf{const}}, var. \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} `Let`: {\bf{yes}} reassign, no redeclare, block scope, no hoisting \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} `Const`: {\bf{no}} reassign, no redeclare, block scope, no hoisting \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} `Var`: yes reassign and redeclare, function/global scope, hoisting. \{\{ln\}\} \{\{ln\}\} Block scope: variable exists only in defined and inner scopes. \{\{ln\}\} {\bf{Hoisting}}: declaration of var inside code is moved to top of scope.} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 12) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Arrays}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Elements do {\bf{not}} need to be of the same {\bf{type}}.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Have property `length` (automatic).} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Create}} arrays using parameters: \{\{nl\}\} `let v = Array.of(1, 2, 3) ;`} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Add elements}}: \{\{nl\}\} `let v = {[}{]} ; v{[}0{]} = "a" ; v{[}1{]} = 8 ;` \{\{nl\}\} `.push()` adds to end of array \{\{nl\}\} `.unshift()` adds to beginning of array. \{\{nl\}\} `.length` adjusts {\bf{automatically}}. \{\{nl\}\} \{\{nl\}\} {\bf{Removal}}: `.unshift()` and `.pop()`.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Copy of the reference}}: `let v = {[}{]}; let alias = v;` we establish `alias` as an alias of `v`, so if we modify `alias` we're actually modifying `v`.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Shallow copy of arrays}}: \{\{nl\}\} `let copy = Array.from(v);`} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{ Destructuring assignment }}: \{\{nl\}\} Value of the right are extracted and stored in the variables on the left. \{\{nl\}\} `{[}x,y{]} = {[}y,x{]};` {\bf{easy swap}}.} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{ Spread operator }}: \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} "all the rest": `\{\{lang-js\}\}let {[}x, ...y{]} = {[}1,2,3,4{]};·` we obtain y == {[}2,3,4{]} \{\{nl\}\} \{\{fa-arrow-right\}\} "everything inside vector x". \{\{nl\}\} Can be used to {\bf{copy arrays by value}}: `\{\{lang-js\}\}const b = Array.of(...a)`, `const b = {[}...a{]}`} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Automatic expansion of array: `\{\{lang-js\}\}let v = {[}{]}; v{[}3{]} = "a"`. \newline \newline Arrays are not values, they're {\bf{references}}.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}