Writing maintainable code is an art. Probably the best book that provides guidance on this is Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin. It's about naming functions, methods, classes, commenting, code formatting, and of course, about the correct use of OOP and SOLID. However, when reusing solutions described in this book, or in any of the Design Patterns series, we have to translate them into JavaScript, and it can be challenging due to the nature of the language. On a higher level, we have to split the code into layers such as presentation, business logic, data access, and persistence, where each bundle of code addresses the one concern and is loosely coupled with others. Here, we may choose an approach to go with. In the JavaScript world, it's usually a derivative of MVC (MVP or MVVM or other). Considering this, a decent programming design requires a lot of abstraction. Today, we can use numerous frameworks. They provide diverse programming paradigms...
Javascript Unlocked
Javascript Unlocked
Overview of this book
JavaScript stands bestride the world like a colossus. Having conquered web development, it now advances into new areas such as server scripting, desktop and mobile development, game scripting, and more. One of the most essential languages for any modern developer, the fully-engaged JavaScript programmer need to know the tricks, non-documented features, quirks, and best practices of this powerful, adaptive language.
This all-practical guide is stuffed with code recipes and keys to help you unlock the full potential of JavaScript. Start by diving right into the core of JavaScript, with power user techniques for getting better maintainability and performance from the basic building blocks of your code. Get to grips with modular programming to bring real power to the browser, master client-side JavaScript scripting without jQuery or other frameworks, and discover the full potential of asynchronous coding. Do great things with HTML5 APIs, including building your first web component, tackle the essential requirements of writing large-scale applications, and optimize JavaScript’s performance behind the browser. Wrap up with in-depth advice and best practice for debugging and keeping your JavaScript maintainable for scaling, long-term projects. With every task demonstrated in both classic ES5 JavaScript and next generation ES6-7 versions of the language, Whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into for specific keys and recipes, JavaScript Unlocked is your essential guide for pushing JavaScript to its limits.
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
JavaScript Unlocked
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Diving into the JavaScript Core
Modular Programming with JavaScript
DOM Scripting and AJAX
HTML5 APIs
Asynchronous JavaScript
A Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture
JavaScript Beyond the Browser
Debugging and Profiling
Index
Customer Reviews