You're reading from Object-Oriented JavaScript Learn everything you need to know about object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS)

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785880568

Length 550 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Arrow

Concepts

Web Programming

Authors (2):

Ved Antani

Stoyan STEFANOV

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Object-Oriented JavaScript FREE CHAPTER

2. Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions

3. Functions

4. Objects

5. ES6 Iterators and Generators

6. Prototype

7. Inheritance

8. Classes and Modules

9. Promises and Proxies

10. The Browser Environment

11. Coding and Design Patterns

12. Testing and Debugging

13. Reactive Programming and React

A. Reserved Words

B. Built-in Functions

C. Built-in Objects

D. Regular Expressions

E. Answers to Exercise Questions

Coding patterns

Let's start with some patterns that reflect JavaScript's unique features. Some patterns aim to help you organize your code, for example, namespacing; others are related to improving performance, such as lazy definitions and init-time branching; and some make up for missing features, such as private properties. The patterns discussed in this section include the following topics:

Separating behavior
Namespaces
Init-time branching
Lazy definition
Configuration objects
Private variables and methods
Privileged methods
Private functions as public methods
Immediate functions
Chaining
JSON

Separating behavior

As discussed previously, the three building blocks of a web page are as follows:

Content (HTML)
Presentation (CSS)
Behavior (JavaScript)

Content

HTML is the content of the web page, the actual text. Ideally, the content should be marked-up using the least amount of HTML tags that sufficiently describe the semantic meaning of that content. For example, if you're working on a navigation...

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Authors (2)

Ved Antani

Ved Antani has been building scalable server and mobile platforms using JavaScript, Go, and Java since 2005. He is an associate vice president at Myntra and has previously worked at Electronic Arts and Oracle. He is an avid reader and author on several subjects. He has studied computer science and currently lives in Bangalore, India. Ved is passionate about classical music and loves to spend time with his son.

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Stoyan STEFANOV

Stoyan Stefanov is a Facebook engineer, author, and speaker. He talks regularly about web development topics at conferences, and his blog, www.phpied.com. He also runs a number of other sites, including JSPatterns.com - a site dedicated to exploring JavaScript patterns. Previously at Yahoo!, Stoyan was the architect of YSlow 2.0 and creator of the image optimization tool, Smush.it. A "citizen of the world", Stoyan was born and raised in Bulgaria, but is also a Canadian citizen, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. In his offline moments, he enjoys playing the guitar, taking flying lessons, and spending time at the Santa Monica beaches with his family.

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