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Clean Code in JavaScript. Develop reliable, maintainable, and robust JavaScript

Clean Code in JavaScript. Develop reliable, maintainable, and robust JavaScript

James Padolsey

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Building robust apps starts with creating clean code. In this book, you’ll explore techniques for doing this by learning everything from the basics of JavaScript through to the practices of clean code. You’ll write functional, intuitive, and maintainable code while also understanding how your code affects the end user and the wider community.
The book starts with popular clean-coding principles such as SOLID, and the Law of Demeter (LoD), along with highlighting the enemies of writing clean code such as cargo culting and over-management. You’ll then delve into JavaScript, understanding the more complex aspects of the language. Next, you’ll create meaningful abstractions using design patterns, such as the Class Pattern and the Revealing Module Pattern. You’ll explore real-world challenges such as DOM reconciliation, state management, dependency management, and security, both within browser and server environments. Later, you’ll cover tooling and testing methodologies and the importance of documenting code. Finally, the book will focus on advocacy and good communication for improving code cleanliness within teams or workplaces, along with covering a case study for clean coding.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with JavaScript and have learned how to create clean abstractions, test them, and communicate about them via documentation.
  • 1. Setting the Scene
  • 2. The Tenets of Clean Code
  • 3. The Enemies of Clean Code
  • 4. SOLID and Other Principles
  • 5. Naming Things is Hard
  • 6. Primitive and Built-In Types
  • 7. Dynamic Typing
  • 8. Operators
  • 9. Parts of Syntax and Scope
  • 10. Control Flow
  • 11. Design Patterns
  • 12. Real-World Challenges
  • 13. The Landscape of Testing
  • 14. Writing Clean Tests
  • 15. Tools for Cleaner Code
  • 16. Documenting Your Code
  • 17. Other Peoples' Code
  • 18. Communication & Advocacy
  • 19. Case Study
  • Title: Clean Code in JavaScript. Develop reliable, maintainable, and robust JavaScript
  • Author: James Padolsey
  • Original title: Clean Code in JavaScript. Develop reliable, maintainable, and robust JavaScript
  • ISBN: 9781789957297, 9781789957297
  • Date of issue: 2020-01-20
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2aaf
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing