Book Image

Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

Book Image

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
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

From scripts to applications


The growing role of JavaScript in application development is clear to everyone. Once it was a simple language to add interactivity to HTML pages, now the role of JavaScript has become increasingly important enough to completely overturn the relationship with HTML, its historical partner. In fact, a few years ago, web applications were primarily HTML markup with the addition of some JavaScript scripts; today, the majority of complex applications are represented by JavaScript code that controls the HTML markup generation and display.

Even outside of the web browser context, the role of JavaScript is increasing. Today, a JavaScript application is able to run on servers, desktop applications, mobile devices, and even on embedded systems.

This evolution gives JavaScript more responsibility than it had, when its role was mostly about interactivity management and posting data to the server. What used to be a collection of simple scripts has now become a complex combination...