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Modular Programming with JavaScript

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Modular Programming with JavaScript

Overview of this book

Programming in the modular manner is always encouraged for bigger systems—it is easier to achieve scalability with modular programming. Even JavaScript developers are now interested in building programs in a modular pattern. Modules help people who aren’t yet familiar with code to find what they are looking for and also makes it easier for programmers to keep things that are related close together. Designing and implementing applications in a modular manner is highly encouraged and desirable in both simple and enterprise level applications. This book covers some real-life examples of modules and how we can translate that into our world of programming and application design. After getting an overview of JavaScript object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts and their practical usage, you should be able to write your own object definitions using the module pattern. You will then learn to design and augment modules and will explore the concepts of cloning, inheritance, sub-modules, and code extensibility. You will also learn about SandBoxing, application design, and architecture based on modular design concepts. Become familiar with AMD and CommonJS utilities. By the end of the book, you will be able to build spectacular modular applications in JavaScript.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Modular Programming with JavaScript
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Review of Important JavaScript OOP Concepts
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we looked at one of the most popular design patterns in JavaScript: module pattern.

By creating simple modules, we explored various aspects of internal private scope in module pattern and saw how modules can interact with each other, without having access to the protected properties of each other's private scope.

This pattern allows us to create encapsulation and access control in our objects and modules, while providing an interface for the external code to leverage the implemented functionality intended for external use.

One of the most important aspect of module pattern is how it can be used to create a modular design for our application as a whole. This enables us to create loose coupling among our modules, which are essentially the building blocks of our application.

In later chapters, we will utilize this approach and slowly build more complex modules to create a robust and easily maintainable code base for our application. These modules can also be easily reused...