Clean Code in JavaScript: Develop reliable, maintainable, and robust JavaScript

by James Padolsey

Get the most out of JavaScript for building web applications through a series of patterns, techniques, and case studies for clean coding Building robust apps starts with creating clean code. In this book, you'll explore techniques for doing this by learning everything from the basics of JavaScript through to the practices of clean code. You'll write functional, intuitive, and maintainable code while also understanding how your code affects the end user and the wider community. The book starts with popular clean-coding principles such as SOLID, and the Law of Demeter (LoD), along with highlighting the enemies of writing clean code such as cargo culting and over-management. You'll then delve into JavaScript, understanding the more complex aspects of the language. Next, you'll create meaningful abstractions using design patterns, such as the Class Pattern and the Revealing Module Pattern. You'll explore real-world challenges such as DOM reconciliation, state management, dependency management, and security, both within browser and server environments. Later, you'll cover tooling and testing methodologies and the importance of documenting code. Finally, the book will focus on advocacy and good communication for improving code cleanliness within teams or workplaces, along with covering a case study for clean coding. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with JavaScript and have learned how to create clean abstractions, test them, and communicate about them via documentation. This book is for anyone who writes JavaScript, professionally or otherwise. As this book does not relate specifically to any particular framework or environment, no prior experience of any JavaScript web framework is required. Some knowledge of programming is assumed to understand the concepts covered in the book more effectively.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Technology, Nonfiction, Reference

548 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2020

Reviews

[Alberto Garcia Ariza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me parece un buen libro, sobre los principios del Clean Code, y más teniendo en cuenta que la referencia principal no es de Javascript sino de Java.
El principal fallo que le encuentro es que en la parte central, la más extensa que pierde la referencia de ser un libro sobre Clean Code para pasar a convertirse en un texto genérico más sobre el lenguaje.
Por otro lado, hay partes básicas en las que se detiene, y luego en otras muy complejas (y más importantes) como los patrones de diseño, pasa de puntillas sobre ellas.
Pero se aprende mucho, y es 100% recomendable