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At that time, my only goal was to publish one book in my life. I discovered soon after that I really enjoyed writing books and continued to publish whenever I had an idea.</p> <h2>Books I've Authored (7)</h2> <ul class="hide-bullets grid-columns"> <li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/nicholas-c-zakas/understanding-javascript-promises/paperback/product-2yvnqn.html"><img src="/images/books/promises.png" alt="Understanding JavaScript Promises Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/nicholas-c-zakas/understanding-javascript-promises/paperback/product-2yvnqn.html">Understanding JavaScript Promises</a><br> Self published </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://geni.us/hwc-es6-book"><img src="/images/books/understandinges6ns.png" alt="Understanding ECMAScript 6 Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://geni.us/hwc-es6-book">Understanding ECMAScript 6</a><br> No Starch Press </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://geni.us/hwc-oopjs-book"><img src="/images/books/oopinjsns.png" alt="The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://geni.us/hwc-oopjs-book">The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript</a><br> No Starch Press </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://geni.us/hwc-mjs-book"><img src="/images/books/maintainablejs.png" alt="Maintainable JavaScript Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://geni.us/hwc-mjs-book">Maintainable JavaScript</a><br> O'Reilly Media </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2JBDt96"><img src="/images/books/pro_js_3e.png" alt="Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 3rd Edition Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2JBDt96">Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 3rd Edition</a><br> Wrox </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047022780X?ie=UTF8&tag=nczonline-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=047022780X"><img src="/images/books/pro_js_2e.png" alt="Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 2nd Edition Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047022780X?ie=UTF8&tag=nczonline-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=047022780X">Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, 2nd Edition</a><br> Wrox </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Professional-JavaScript-Developers-Wrox-Guides/dp/0764579088/ref=sr_1_8?tag=nczonline-20"><img src="/images/books/pro_js.png" alt="Professional JavaScript for Web Developers Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Professional-JavaScript-Developers-Wrox-Guides/dp/0764579088/ref=sr_1_8?tag=nczonline-20">Professional JavaScript for Web Developers</a><br> Wrox </p> </li> </ul> <h2>E-books I've Authored (3)</h2> <ul class="hide-bullets grid-columns"> <li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://leanpub.com/understandinges6"><img src="/images/books/understandinges6.png" alt="Understanding ECMAScript 6 Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://leanpub.com/understandinges6">Understanding ECMAScript 6</a><br> Self published </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://leanpub.com/oopinjavascript"><img src="/images/books/oopinjs.png" alt="The Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://leanpub.com/oopinjavascript">The Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript</a><br> Self published </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2qpqEGd"><img src="/images/books/problem.png" alt="The Problem with Native JavaScript APIs Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2qpqEGd">The Problem with Native JavaScript APIs</a><br> O'Reilly Media </p> </li> </ul> <h2>Books I've Co-authored (3)</h2> <ul class="hide-bullets grid-columns"> <li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://geni.us/hwc-hpjs-book"><img src="/images/books/hpjs.png" alt="High Performance JavaScript Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://geni.us/hwc-hpjs-book">High Performance JavaScript</a><br> O'Reilly Media </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SJiQfd"><img src="/images/books/pro_ajax_2e.png" alt="Professional Ajax, 2nd Edition Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2SJiQfd">Professional Ajax, 2nd Edition</a><br> Wrox </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SJ5wI3"><img src="/images/books/pro_ajax.png" alt="Professional Ajax Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2SJ5wI3">Professional Ajax</a><br> Wrox </p> </li> </ul> <h2>Books I've Contributed To (4)</h2> <ul class="hide-bullets grid-columns"> <li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2JBiK5n"><img src="/images/books/beautiful.png" alt="Beautiful JavaScript Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2JBiK5n">Beautiful JavaScript</a><br> O'Reilly Media </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SLSGc7"><img src="/images/books/smashing.png" alt="Smashing Book 4 Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2SLSGc7">Smashing Book 4</a><br> Smashing Magazine GmbH </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2Rw822J"><img src="/images/books/daybook.png" alt="Web Performance Daybook Volume 2 Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Rw822J">Web Performance Daybook Volume 2</a><br> O'Reilly Media </p> </li><li class="center-text"> <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2SJeQeI"><img src="/images/books/even_faster.png" alt="Even Faster Websites Cover" loading="lazy" height="150"></a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2SJeQeI">Even Faster 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