Over the past few years, JavaScript has been used more and more as a server-side computer programming language owing to platforms such as Node.js and Spider Monkey.
Now that JavaScript programming is moving out of the browser, programmers will find they need to use many of the tools provided by more conventional languages, such as C++ and Java.
Among these tools are classic data structures such as linked lists, stacks, queues, and graphs, as well as classic algorithms for sorting and searching data.
This book discusses how to implement these data structures and algorithms for server-side JavaScript programming.
JavaScript programmers will find this book useful because it discusses how to implement data structures and algorithms within the constraints that JavaScript places them, such as arrays that are really objects, overly global variables, and a prototype-based object system.
JavaScript has an unfair reputation as a “bad” programming language, but this book demonstrates how you can use JavaScript to develop efficient and effective data structures and algorithms using the language’s “good parts.”
