Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction to JavaScript

First we will need to go through the basics of the JavaScript language that we will use pretty much everywhere throughout this book. After all the Next.js stack is built on top of it.

You will setup your runtime, learn about variables, data types, operators and control flow. You will also learn how to write functions and how to think functionally. Thinking functionally will make you a better software developer and a better person. Isn't that great?

Let's dive right in!