CHAPTER 16 Conforming to Interfaces in an Interface-Free Language

WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?            

  • Understanding the benefits of interfaces in other languages
  • Gaining the benefits of interfaces in JavaScript
  • Simplifying consumption of an object with the Interface Segregation Principle
  • Producing a registry in which you can define and enforce interfaces

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In a 2014 commercial for Google’s business products (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA0Hmhnl1oE), a videoconference is just finishing:

  • GOOGLER: So yeah, I think we’re good. I think that about wraps it up. So ...
  • WOMAN #1: Great. I’ll send a follow-up email.
  • GOOGLER: I don’t ... There’s nothing much to follow up on so I ...
  • WOMAN #2: Well, I think we should regroup.
  • GOOGLER: We just regrouped. This is the regrouping.
  • MAN #1: Cool. I’ll ping you later.
  • GOOGLER: You’re pinging me now. What do you want to ping about?
  • MAN #2: Next steps?
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  • MAN #3: Huh. All right ...

A conversation between a JavaScript programmer and a C# or Java programmer could go much the same way. The JavaScripter throws some objects together and the C# or Java developer keeps insisting, “You can’t do that! The program will fall ...

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