JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns

Stoyan Stefanov

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What's the best approach for developing an application with JavaScript? This book helps you answer that question with numerous JavaScript coding patterns and best practices. If you're an experienced developer looking to solve problems related to objects, functions, inheritance, and other language-specific categories, the abstractions and code templates in this guide are ideal—whether you're using JavaScript to write a client-side, server-side, or desktop application. Written by JavaScript expert Stoyan Stefanov—Senior Yahoo! Technical and architect of YSlow 2.0, the web page performance optimization tool—JavaScript Patterns includes practical advice for implementing each pattern discussed, along with several hands-on examples. You'll also learn about common programming approaches that cause more problems than they solve. Explore useful habits for writing high-quality JavaScript code, such as avoiding globals, using single var declarations, and moreLearn why literal notation patterns are simpler alternatives to constructor functionsDiscover different ways to define a function in JavaScriptCreate objects that go beyond the basic patterns of using object literals and constructor functionsLearn the options available for code reuse and inheritance in JavaScriptStudy sample JavaScript approaches to common design patterns such as Singleton, Factory, Decorator, and moreExamine patterns that apply specifically to the client-side browser environment

Author
Stoyan Stefanov
Edition published
September 9, 2010
First published
September 1, 2010
Publication year
2010
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4/5
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Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Edition
Kindle Edition · 363 pages
Language
English
Genres
Programming, Technology, Technical, Software, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Coding, Computers, Ebooks, Design
ISBN
9781449397142
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1
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