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Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

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Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

Overview of this book

ECMAScript 6 introduces several new Object-Oriented features that drastically change the way developers structure their projects. Web developers now have some advanced OOP functionality at their disposal to build large-scale applications in JavaScript. With this book, we'll provide you with a comprehensive overview of OOP principles in JavaScript and how they can be implemented to build sophisticated web applications. Kicking off with a subtle refresher on objects, we'll show you how easy it is to define objects with the new ES6 classes. From there, we'll fly you through some essential OOP principles, forming a base for you to get hands-on with encapsulation. You'll get to work with the different methods of inheritance and we'll show you how to avoid using inheritance with Duck Typing. From there, we'll move on to some advanced patterns for object creation and you'll get a strong idea of how to use interesting patterns to present data to users and to bind data. We'll use the famous promises to work with asynchronous processes and will give you some tips on how to organize your code effectively. You'll find out how to create robust code using SOLID principles and finally, we'll show you how to clearly define the goals of your application architecture to get better, smarter, and more effective coding. This book is your one-way ticket to becoming a JavaScript Jedi who can be counted on to deliver flexible and maintainable code.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Information hiding in ES6 classes


Implementing the information hiding principle using the ES6 syntax enhancements is not so different. As we said when introducing them, ES6 classes are nothing more than a new syntactic approach to define constructors and methods for our objects. The major benefits include a more concise syntax and the application of the best practices in the internal implementation of object creation.

So, in order to correctly protect our private members, we need again to use an IIFE in order to exploit its closure and WeakMaps to store private members. The following is a definition of the TheatreSeats class with private members protection:

var  TheatreSeats = (function() { 
  "use strict"; 
  var priv = new WeakMap(); 
  var _= function(instance) {return priv.get(instance);}; 
 
  class TheatreSeatsClass { 
    constructor() { 
      var privateMembers = {seats: []}; 
 
      priv.set(this, privateMembers); 
      this.maxSize...