Pro JavaScript design patterns
by Ross Harmes · first published 2007
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books to peruse on amazon: McFarland: "CSS, Missing Manual" Crockford "Javascript, the good parts" "Pro JavaScript Design Patterns" Ross Harmes and Dustin Diaz "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" Flanagan
on “Ask YC: Where to learn web design?” ↗…not even sure where to begin- well, I would start by not defining everything in the global namespace. Take a look at "Javascript, the Good Parts" for info on javascript's quirks and best practices or Pro Javascript Design Patterns. On the more positive side, congrats on releasing yet another useful project. This is definitely an interesting concept.
on “A secure way to store website users "offsite" but still own them.” ↗Jeremy Keith's "Dom Scripting" is a pretty good guide for getting up to speed with the basics of good JavaScript coding. If you want to transition to something more advanced later, I'd suggest "Pro JavaScript Design Patterns" by Dustin Diaz.
on “Ask HN: Learning Javascript & AJAX” ↗…the frameworks and give you a nice background with Javascript. One of the things that can be a bit confusing for folks new to Javascript is how OO and Inheritance is done. I would recommend this book: Pro Javascript Design Patterns and http://howtonode.org/object-graphs this 3 part tutorial
on “Ask HN: Moving off PHP with Meteor? What are the issues?” ↗…Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders - Even Faster Web Sites by Steve Souders Here are a few I haven't read yet but are on my to read list. - Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov - Pro JavaScript Design Patterns by Dustin Diaz, Ross Harmes
on “Ask HN: I've read JS Definitive Guide, Good Parts. What next?” ↗…there seems to be a lot of focus on replicating code reuse patterns from traditional OOP languages (e.g. classical inheritance and MVC), these just don't feel like they take advantage of JS's streangths. Pro JavaScript Design Patterns http://apress.com/book/view/159059908x doesn't have enough depth for my liking. I often think that a more functional approach leads to more expressive and concise code (having worked with Erlang a reasonable…
on “Ask HN: Design patterns resources for functional languages? (inc JavaScript)” ↗…recommendation can never be underestimated. Also, the only way to get better at interviewing is to keep interviewing. If you have a recruiter, always ask them what to expect. Do I need to dust off my edition of "Pro Javascript Design Patterns" or can I go in cold knowing that the questions will be limited to tools and experience? Is the company looking for a hardcore MVC Spring guy, or do they just need someone who knows Struts? Just knowing…
on “Ask HN: Graduated at a poor time,suck at interviews but want to be a programmer” ↗