JavaScript: Functional Programming for JavaScript Developers

Summary

This chapter presented a number of different strategies for creating objects. These methods provide abstractions over the top of typical methods for creating objects. The Abstract Factory provides a method for building interchangeable kits or collections of related objects. The Builder pattern provides a solution to telescoping parameters issues. It makes the construction of large complicated objects easier. The Factory Method, which is a useful complement to Abstract Factory, allows different implementations to be created though a static factory. Singleton is a pattern for providing a single copy of a class that is available to the entire solution. It is the only pattern we've seen so far which has presented some questions around applicability ...