John Larsen

John Larsen is a mathematics and computing teacher with an interest in educational research. He has an MA in mathematics and an MSc in information technology. He started programming in 1982, writing simple programs for teaching mathematics in 1993, building websites in 2001, and developing data-driven web-based applications for education in 2006.

books by John Larsen

React Hooks in Action

  • March 2021
  • ISBN 9781617297632
  • 376 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Korean, Simplified Chinese

React Hooks in Action teaches you to write fast and reusable React components using Hooks. You’ll start by learning to create component code with Hooks. Next, you’ll implement a resource booking application that demonstrates managing local state, application state, and side effects like fetching data. Code samples and illustrations make learning Hooks easy.

Get Programming with JavaScript

  • August 2016
  • ISBN 9781617293108
  • 432 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Simplified Chinese

Are you ready to start writing your own web apps, games, and programs? You're in the right place! Get Programming with JavaScript is a hands-on introduction to programming for readers who have never written a line of code. Since you're just getting started, this friendly book offers you lots of examples backed by careful explanations. As you go along, you'll find exercises to check your understanding and plenty of opportunities to practice your new skills. You don't need anything special to follow the examples-just the text editor and web browser already installed on your computer. We even give you links to working online code so you can see how everything should look live on your screen.