January 2015
Beginner
344 pages
11h 5m
English
Overview
The fate of most applications is often sealed before a single line of code has been written. How is that possible? Simply, bad design assures bad results. Good design and effective processes are the foundation on which maintainable applications are built, scaled, and improved. For JavaScript developers, this means discovering the tooling, modern libraries, and architectural patterns that enable those improvements.
JavaScript Application Design: A Build First Approach introduces techniques to improve software quality and development workflow. You'll begin by learning how to establish processes designed to optimize the quality of your work. You'll execute tasks whenever your code changes, run tests on every commit, and deploy in an automated fashion. Then you'll focus on designing modular components and composing them together to build robust applications.
About the Technology
About the Book
What's Inside
- Automated development, testing, and deployment processes
- JavaScript fundamentals and modularity best practices
- Modular, maintainable, and well-tested applications
- Master asynchronous flows, embrace MVC, and design a REST API
About the Reader
This book assumes readers understand the basics of JavaScript.
About the Author
Nicolas Bevacqua is a freelance developer with a focus on modular JavaScript, build processes, and sharp design. He maintains a blog at ponyfoo.com.
Quotes
Enjoy the ride through the process of improving your development workflow.
- From the Foreword by Addy Osmani, Google
For JavaScript developers, a must-read!
- Stephen Wakely, Thomson Reuters
An excellent guide through the maze of the modern JavaScript ecosystem.
- Jonas Bandi, IvoryCode GmbH
The first-ever design book for developers.
- Sandeep Kumar Patel, SAP Labs
A one-stop shop introducing JavaScript developers to modern practices and tools.
- Matthew Merkes, MyNeighbor
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