What's the best approach for developing an application with JavaScript?
This book helps you answer that question with numerous JavaScript coding
patterns and best practices. If you're an experienced developer looking
to solve problems related to objects, functions, inheritance, and other
language-specific categories, the abstractions and code templates in
this guide are ideal--whether you're using JavaScript to write a
client-side, server-side, or desktop application.
Written by JavaScript expert Stoyan Stefanov--Senior Yahoo! Technical
and architect of YSlow 2.0, the web page performance optimization
tool--JavaScript Patterns includes practical advice for implementing
each pattern discussed, along with several hands-on examples. You'll
also learn about anti-patterns: common programming approaches that cause
more problems than they solve.
- Explore useful habits for writing high-quality JavaScript code, such
as avoiding globals, using single var declarations, and more
- Learn why literal notation patterns are simpler alternatives to
constructor functions
- Discover different ways to define a function in JavaScript
- Create objects that go beyond the basic patterns of using object
literals and constructor functions
- Learn the options available for code reuse and inheritance in
JavaScript
- Study sample JavaScript approaches to common design patterns such as
Singleton, Factory, Decorator, and more
- Examine patterns that apply specifically to the client-side browser
environment
