In this chapter, we will take a look at some of the design patterns that make sense for JavaScript. However, coding patterns are very specific for JavaScript and are of great interest to us. While we spend a lot of time and effort trying to understand and master design patterns, it is important to understand anti-patterns and how to avoid pitfalls. In the usual software development cycle, there are several places where bad code is introduced, mainly around the time where the code is nearing a release or when the code is handed over to a different team for maintenance. If such bad design constructs are documented as anti-patterns, they can provide guidance to developers in knowing what pitfalls to avoid and how not to subscribe to bad design patterns. Most languages have their set of anti-patterns. Based on the kind of problems that they solve, design patterns were categorized into a few broad categories by the GOF:
Creational design patterns: These patterns deal with various...