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Mastering JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming

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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
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Preface

Summary


In this chapter, we analyzed the SOLID principles, a set of five OOP Design principles that help to create more scalable and maintainable software. Although these principles were born for classical OOP languages, they are suitable also for a dynamic language such as JavaScript. In order to show this, we explored the five principles by providing examples of their application in JavaScript.

We saw that the Single Responsibility Principle is about designing software architecture with components that have a clear and simple behavior.

The Open/Closed Principle is about class design and feature extensions.

The Liskov Substitution Principle is about subtyping and inheritance.

The Interface Segregation Principle is about interface definition exposed to clients.

The Dependency Inversion Principle concerns the management of dependency among the application's components.

In the next chapter, we will continue the design topic by exploring modern architectures of JavaScript applications.