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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

Designing our SPA main pieces


Usually when designing SPA applications, I create a core application code base which is loaded in the browser at the application's initial load phase. This code base provides application-level functionality that is independent of the application's views. The application core consists of many modules that are loaded together. If you are familiar with Model-View-Controller (MVC) or Model-View-Wildcard (MV*) application design patterns, this core is essentially the controller of the application.

Note

MVC and MV* design patterns

These design patterns create a good degree of specialization and separation of concerns in the code. Understanding these patterns is important in creating a good application architecture. While I will be referring to these patterns from time to time, covering them in depth is beyond the scope of this book.

I recommend the following resources for more information:

https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-javascript-design...