Mastering JavaScript Design Patterns

Key Features

• Learn how to use tried and true software design methodologies to enhance your Javascript code
• Discover robust JavaScript implementations of classic as well as advanced design patterns
• Packed with easy-to-follow examples that can be used to create reusable code and extensible designs

Book Description

Enhance your JavaScript code with this essential collection of design patterns. Discover an extensive range of techniques and strategies to successfully tackle complex JavaScript development problems and put them into practice by following detailed examples that demonstrate each design pattern at its most effective. Dive deeper into JavaScript and master these powerful design patterns for an innovative and cutting-edge approach to JavaScript that meets the demands of modern web development.

Explore how design patterns can help you improve your JavaScript code and get to grips with creational, structural behavioral patterns, as you discover how to put them to work in different scenarios. Then look deeper at patterns used in functional programming, as well as model view patterns, and patterns to build web applications. You will also find patterns to improve the testability of your code using mock objects, mocking frameworks and monkey patching along with some advanced patterns including dependency injection and live post processing.

Taking a complete and journey through the most valuable design patterns, and providing clear guidance on how to effectively use them in JavaScript, this JavaScript book gives you access to one of the best ways to learn JavaScript and use it to meet the demands of web development today.

What you will learn

• Discover and use tried and tested design patterns for a more effective approach to JavaScript
• Learn simple strategies for improving your code organization
• Get to grips with creational, behavioural and structural design patterns
• Rethink and revitalize your code with the use of functional patterns
• Harness the power of design patterns for a range of development tasks from building an application to code testing
• Explore advanced JavaScript design patterns including dependency injection

About the Author

Simon Timms is a developer who loves to write code. He writes in a variety of languages using a number of tools. For the most part, he develops web applications with .NET backends. He is very interested in data visualization and cloud computing. A background in build and system administration keeps him on the straight and narrow when it comes to DevOps.

Table of Contents

1. Organizing Code
2. Creational Patterns
3. Structural Patterns
4. Behavioral Patterns
5. Functional Programming
6. Model View Patterns
7. Web Patterns
8. Messaging Patterns
9. Patterns For Testing
10. Advanced Patterns
11. ES6 Solutions Today

Simon Timms

Simon Timms is a developer who loves to write code. He writes in a variety of languages using a number of tools. For the most part, he develops web applications with .NET backends. He is very interested in visualizations and cloud computing. A background in build and system administration keeps him on the straight and narrow when it comes to DevOps. He is the author of Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript, Packt Publishing. He blogs at blog.simontimms.com/ and is also a frequent contributor to the Canadian Developer Connection, where his latest series explores evolving ASP.NET applications. He is the President of the Calgary .NET User Group and a member of half a dozen others. He speaks on a variety of topics from DevOps to how the telephone system works. He works as a web developer for Pacesetter Directional Drilling, the friendliest performance drilling company around.