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14- < h1 > Errata< div style ="font-size: 70% "> < a class ="subtlelink " href ="index.html "> Eloquent JavaScript</ a > , 3rd Edition</ div > </ h2 >
14+ < h1 > Errata< div style ="font-size: 70% "> < a class ="subtlelink " href ="index.html "> Eloquent JavaScript</ a > , 4th Edition</ div > </ h2 >
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16- < p > These are the known mistakes in the < strong > third edition</ strong >
17- of the book. For errata in the first edition,
18- see < a href ="https://eloquentjavascript.net/1st_edition/errata.html " > this
19- page </ a > . For the second edition,
20- see < a href =" https://eloquentjavascript.net/2nd_edition/errata.html " > this
21- page </ a > . To report a problem that is not listed
22- here, < a href =" mailto:[email protected] " > send me an email </ a > . </ p > 16+ < p > These are the known mistakes in the < strong > fourth edition</ strong >
17+ of the book. For errata in other editions, see these pages: < a href =" https://eloquentjavascript.net/1st_edition/errata.html " > first</ a > , < a href =" https://eloquentjavascript.net/2nd_edition/errata.html " > second </ a > , < a href =" https://eloquentjavascript.net/3rd_edition/errata.html " > third </ a > . To report a problem that is not listed
18+ here, < a href ="
mailto:[email protected] " > send me an email </ a > . </ p > 19+
20+ < p > < em > No issues found yet. </ em > </ p >
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3030<p><strong>Page 34</strong> (1st) <em>Updating Bindings Succintly</em>: Where it
3131says <code>counter-</code> it should be <code>counter--</code>.</p>
3232
33- < h2 > Chapter 5</ h2 >
34-
35- < p > < strong > Page 91</ strong > (3rd) < em > Composability</ em > : Due to an initial
36- mistake in the script data set, the results of the computations on
37- this page differ from the ones with the current, corrected data. The
38- average year for living scripts should be 1165, the average for
39- non-living scripts should be 204.</ p >
40-
41- < h2 > Chapter 6</ h2 >
42-
43- < p > < strong > Page 111</ strong > (2nd) < em > Inheritance</ em > : In the second
44- paragraph below the example code, instead of “< code > content</ code >
45- method”, the text should say “< code > element</ code > function”.
46-
47- < h2 > Chapter 8</ h2 >
48-
49- < p > < strong > Page 134</ strong > (2nd) < em > Error Propagation</ em > : In the third
50- paragraph of the section, a function < code > promptInteger</ code > is
51- referred to. The function is actually
52- called < code > promptNumber</ code > , and the word “whole” should be
53- dropped from the sentence (it accepts non-whole numbers, too).</ p >
54-
55- < h2 > Chapter 10</ h2 >
56-
57- < p > < strong > Page 168</ strong > (1st) < em > Modules as Building Blocks</ em > : In “each
58- needs it own private scope“, it should say “< em > its</ em > own private
59- scope“.</ p >
60-
61- < h2 > Chapter 11</ h2 >
62-
63- < p > < strong > Page 189/190</ strong > (4th) < em > Networks are Hard</ em > : The text
64- under the code that defines < code > request</ code > claims the function
65- will give up after four attempts and a second. In fact, it gives up
66- after three attempts, in three-quarter second.</ p >
67-
68- < h2 > Chapter 14</ h2 >
69-
70- < p > < strong > Page 231</ strong > (5th) < em > Moving Through the Tree</ em > : Below
71- the code example, the text claims
72- that < code > for</ code > /< code > of</ code > loops don't work on DOM child
73- lists. But in current (even as of the book's release) browsers they
74- do.</ p >
75-
76- < p > < strong > Page 234</ strong > (2nd) < em > Creating Nodes</ em > : In the
77- code, “edition” is misspelled as “editon”.</ p >
78-
79- < h2 > Chapter 15</ h2 >
80-
81- < p > < strong > Page 255</ strong > (7th) < em > Mouse Motion</ em > : The second
82- paragraph on the page claims that you can isolate a button from
83- the < code > buttons</ code > bitmask with the remainder operator, but that
84- doesn't really work (you'd also need a division and a floor, which
85- gets too obscure to go into in this chapter).</ p >
86-
87- < p > < strong > Page 258</ strong > (3rd) < em > Load Event</ em > : The description of
88- the < code > beforeunload</ code > claims that you just need to return a
89- string from your event handler. For handlers registered
90- with < code > addEventListener</ code > you, in fact, need to
91- call < code > preventDefault</ code > and set a < code > returnValue</ code >
92- property to get the warn-on-leave behavior.</ p >
93-
94- < h2 > Chapter 16</ h2 >
95-
96- < p > < strong > Page 271</ strong > (8th) < em > Actors</ em > : Near the bottom of the
97- page, the book incorrectly uses the term < em > phase</ em > (of a sinus
98- wave) where it should say < em > period</ em > .</ p >
99-
100- < p > < strong > Page 278</ strong > (8th) < em > Motion and Collision</ em > : The code
101- that defines the < code > touches</ code > method unintentionally (though
102- harmlessly) used < code > var</ code > instead of < code > let</ code > to
103- define variables.</ p >
104-
105- < p > < strong > Page 285</ strong > (2nd) < em > Pausing the Game</ em > : The text
106- refers to the < code > arrow</ code > binding, where it should
107- say < code > arrowKeys</ code > .</ p >
108-
109- < h2 > Chapter 19</ h2 >
110-
111- < p > < strong > Page 336</ strong > (5th) < em > The State</ em > : The text mentions the
112- property < code > fillColor</ code > where it should
113- say < code > fillStyle</ code > instead.
114-
115- < h2 > Chapter 20</ h2 >
116-
117- < p > < strong > Page 367</ strong > < em > A File Server</ em > : The part that
118- talks about “the output stream to the request” should say “the stream
119- from the request” instead.</ p >
120-
121- < p > < strong > Page 369</ strong > (1st) < em > Directory
122- Creation</ em > : < code > MKCOL</ code > stands for “make collection”, not “make
123- column” as the book claims.</ p >
124-
125- < h2 > Chapter 21</ h2 >
126-
127- < p > < strong > Page 373</ strong > (3rd) < em > HTTP Interface</ em > : There is a
128- superfluous closing brace at the end of the example JSON snippet.</ p >
129-
130- < h2 > Exercise Hints</ h2 >
131-
132- < p > < strong > Page 414</ strong > (3rd) < em > A Modular Robot</ em > :
133- The < code > dijkstrajs</ code > package name is misspelled
134- as < code > dijkstajs</ code > .
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