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Human JavaScript
At some point, this all became a mess.
Collaboration and maintenance is nearly impossible because only the "JavaScript rock star" who wrote the 3,000 line file understands how anything works. Adding features sounds frightening because the whole app's a pile of fragility. Knock one bug off and three more always show up.
What if there was a better way?
What if you could eliminate 3,000 line JavaScript files, nasty state bugs and that nagging feeling of oh-please-don't-touch-it fragility? What if you could make your team's communication and code collaboration better while shipping higher quality software at an increasing rate?
And what if you could do all this while investing in software skills that aren't tied to the anchor of a here-today-irrelevant-tomorrow framework?
Introducing Human JavaScript: Practical patterns for simple but powerful JavaScript apps.
Collaboration and maintenance is nearly impossible because only the "JavaScript rock star" who wrote the 3,000 line file understands how anything works. Adding features sounds frightening because the whole app's a pile of fragility. Knock one bug off and three more always show up.
What if there was a better way?
What if you could eliminate 3,000 line JavaScript files, nasty state bugs and that nagging feeling of oh-please-don't-touch-it fragility? What if you could make your team's communication and code collaboration better while shipping higher quality software at an increasing rate?
And what if you could do all this while investing in software skills that aren't tied to the anchor of a here-today-irrelevant-tomorrow framework?
Introducing Human JavaScript: Practical patterns for simple but powerful JavaScript apps.
104 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2013
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June 27, 2014
Quick read and introduction to concepts for developing JS applications. Seemed more aimed at beginner developers and in particular for "web designers" who want to organize their code a bit better. Heavily biased towards &yet's own Backbone derivate approach.
May 30, 2020
Good quick read, I will recommend it to my students, beginner friendly. Has some nice principles like refactor early and not being afraid to do so. Good introduction to getting you to think about state and view models.
September 19, 2015
The book is suitable for front-end developers at junior level i.e, developers who still at the phase of considering frameworks, build tools, what to do and what not. Spoiler alert: use backbonejs (or something similar to backbonejs). The title is a bit misleading though since the book specifically targets backbonejs/ampersandjs, you may not find this book very helpful if you've never heard or used backbonejs or ampersandjs. Otherwise, helpful book.
August 20, 2014
Human JavaScript is a nice, quick read outlining &yet's style of building and organizing client-side JavaScript applications. It's available to read online at read.humanjavascript.com.
August 31, 2014
Quick read and a great introduction to building and organising client-side Javascript applications with &yet's version BackboneJS, Ampersand.js. It is currently available to read at: http://read.humanjavascript.com
November 1, 2013
It was OK. Quite a short overview of some JS modules for front-end development. Probably aimed at junior devs, or people who haven't really worked with MVC-style frameworks?
December 25, 2013
Great content on writing JavaScript app with Backbone.
Provides solutions to avoid common boilerplate code with Human JS.
Provides solutions to avoid common boilerplate code with Human JS.
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