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This book teaches you how to build robust web-scale or enterprise applications using JavaScript, focusing on design patterns and best practices for code organization, modularity, and reuse.
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- ISBN-101491950293
- ISBN-13978-1491950296
- Edition1st
- PublisherO'Reilly Media
- Publication dateAugust 19, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7 x 0.58 x 9.19 inches
- Print length251 pages
Take advantage of JavaScript’s power to build robust web-scale or enterprise applications that are easy to extend and maintain. By applying the design patterns outlined in this practical book, experienced JavaScript developers will learn how to write flexible and resilient code that’s easier―yes, easier―to work with as your code base grows.
JavaScript may be the most essential web programming language, but in the real world, JavaScript applications often break when you make changes. With this book, author Eric Elliott shows you how to add client- and server-side features to a large JavaScript application without negatively affecting the rest of your code.
- Examine the anatomy of a large-scale JavaScript application
- Build modern web apps with the capabilities of desktop applications
- Learn best practices for code organization, modularity, and reuse
- Separate your application into different layers of responsibility
- Build efficient, self-describing hypermedia APIs with Node.js
- Test, integrate, and deploy software updates in rapid cycles
- Control resource access with user authentication and authorization
- Expand your application’s reach through internationalization
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About the author
Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.Eric Elliott is the Webby-nominated best selling author of "Composing Software", and founder of Greenruhm.com, a Web3 music social network. He helped build BandPage (now YouTube Artist Pages), which hosted 500k bands including Usher, Frank Ocean, Metallica, etc. He was an early contributor to Adobe Creative Cloud, and tech lead on a video social network used by CBS, NBC, BBC, ESPN, WSJ, and many more.
He enjoys a remote lifestyle with the most beautiful woman in the world.
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| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| Publication date | August 19, 2014 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 251 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1491950293 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1491950296 |
| Item Weight | 15.7 ounces |
| Dimensions | 7 x 0.58 x 9.19 inches |
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Customers appreciate the book's JavaScript examples, with one noting that every concept is demonstrated via unit tests. However, the information quality and language clarity receive mixed reviews. Moreover, customers disagree on the book's pacing, with some finding it too complex for beginners.
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Customers appreciate the JavaScript examples in the book, with one customer noting that every concept is demonstrated via unit tests, and another highlighting the clear examples for both server-side and client-side development.
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"...There are lots of examples, sure - but it's more like, "Here's how wrote this thing that I wrote" - without a whole lot of depth...." Read more
"...cook's tour--but with more stops along the way--of building applications entirely with JavaScript, with clear examples for both server-side..." Read more
"...The downside is the techniques are presented largely without evaluation (at least "comprehensible" evaluation) and without example uses...." Read more
"...but great book to understand structure and best practice around building modern JavaScript applications." Read more
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- 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseAmazing book for intermediate javascriptersReviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015Format: Paperbackthis book really is a phenomenal next step to take after reading "JavaScript: the good parts". To me, one of the best aspects of this book is how every concept introduced is demonstrated via a unit test. If you are looking to take your JavaScript skills to the next...this book really is a phenomenal next step to take after reading "JavaScript: the good parts". To me, one of the best aspects of this book is how every concept introduced is demonstrated via a unit test. If you are looking to take your JavaScript skills to the next level, seriously consider buying this amazing resource.
- 4.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseYou'll learn a lot and get a lot done by reading this bookReviewed in the United States on October 15, 2014Format: PaperbackThis a cook's tour--but with more stops along the way--of building applications entirely with JavaScript, with clear examples for both server-side (really Node.js) and client-side environments. It is not a book for a beginner who is new to the language of...This a cook's tour--but with more stops along the way--of building applications entirely with JavaScript, with clear examples for both server-side (really Node.js) and client-side environments.
It is not a book for a beginner who is new to the language of JavaScript. But if you're already comfortable using and discussing constructors, prototypes, callbacks, closures, type coercion, and/or have an opinion about "functional" vs. "object-oriented" programming, then you're ready for this book.
Eric has a handful of strong opinions which I've variously held and abandoned (and grudgingly re-adopted) over time. Most useful to me, then, are examples demonstrating fundamental concepts, and Eric provides plenty of those.
The appendix on JavaScript style is also a great resource, for in it Eric condenses so much of the "best practice" tips you've probably seen scattered throughout the JavaScript universe of discourse.
The only caveat is the one common to all programming books. Some software dates faster than others. In the JavaScript world, this is especially the case. It shows up in the different versions of Express, for example, or the battle between emerging build tools (Grunt vs. Gulp vs. ...) and testing libraries (QUnit vs. Mocha vs...). Eric shows how to care for and feed your application using Grunt with JSHint, QUnit and browserify. This works well enough that you should be able to swap out what you don't need for newer/faster/better modules and tools in the future, by which time the second edition should be ready (right, Eric? :).
- 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseHIs perspective on the JS universe resonates with me. ...Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2016Format: PaperbackHIs perspective on the JS universe resonates with me. It's definitely not a beginner's book. Very densely packed info that's presented clearly.
- 4.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseSecond half takes a different route and is helpful but not as good as the code partsReviewed in the United States on May 8, 2015Format: KindleThe first half taught me more about javascript that anything else I've read. Second half takes a different route and is helpful but not as good as the code parts.
- 2.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseCan't Decide Who Its Audience Is - Too Complex for Beginners, Too Simple for ProsReviewed in the United States on March 23, 2017Format: PaperbackI'm giving a rough review, but I want to start with a caveat - it's not a _bad_ book. It's well written, easy to read, and contains some good information. That said, here's the problem I have with it: The author doesn't seem to be clear who he wrote it...I'm giving a rough review, but I want to start with a caveat - it's not a _bad_ book. It's well written, easy to read, and contains some good information. That said, here's the problem I have with it: The author doesn't seem to be clear who he wrote it for. It's too complex for beginners, and too simple for pros.
I'm an experienced JavaScript developer, but I'm now learning HTML5 and Node. This book looked like a sure thing. Unlike most O'Reilly books I've read, however, this book is more of a high-level overview than a deep technical resource.
First, I don't even know why HTML5 is in the title. It barely touches on anything HTML5-related at all. It does use HTML, but none of the new HTML5 features.
Second, I've already read a beginners Node book, and thank God for that. This book goes thru a couple chapters where examples use Node-specific features and APIs, but it doesn't explain them in a useful way for anyone who doesn't know Node already. Once it does try to explain Node in some detail, it barely scratches the surface - just a high level overview of the very basics. That would be OK if it dove deep into pro-level features, but it doesn't do much of that either. It shows how he would write some things in Node, and it recommends certain Node libraries, etc., but it didn't teach me much about how to actually build my own web app from scratch with Node.
The same is true of JavaScript. If you're new to JavaScript, don't even bother with this book. It is NOT for beginners. It assumes a lot of experience - so much so that even I was confused at times and I'm experienced. But for a pro, it doesn't really go deeply enough into anything technical with JS. There are lots of examples, sure - but it's more like, "Here's how wrote this thing that I wrote" - without a whole lot of depth.
Third, the title mentions "Modern JS Libraries" - but again it barely scratches the surface. Elliott gives a quick high-level overview of Backbone and several other libraries, but it's just an intro. I can't say I learned anything meaningful about writing an app with Backbone, Angular, or the other libs he touches on. I know their names and have the ability to go do more research, but that's about it.
The author is clearly very technically strong and experienced, but he assumes his readers are too. I've been a web developer for 20 years, and I have a broad range of experience - and again, thank God. He talks about a lot of things that assume deep technical and industry experience. If you're a beginner you will be lost. If you're a pro, you'll be frustrated that he starts to get somewhat deep on certain things but then quickly moves on. This is not a technical resource I'll bookmark and keep on the shelf by my desk. It's just not that deep, at all.
To be fair, what this book does to well is discuss, at a high level, many of the general considerations a team would have when building a web app and some of the problems they might face. Again, though, it's a overview, not a meaningful technical road map.
Final word: This really isn't a _bad_ book, it's just not the book I expected. I'm a JS pro and an intermediate server-side guy, and I closed it asking myself, "What did I really learn from this?" I did learn some things - but I didn't learn how to build a JS App with Node, HTML5, or Modern JS Libraries. I'll need to read several more books for that. #sigh
- 3.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchaseonly if you're in the tiny "target audience"Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2015Format: PaperbackI found this book extremely frustrating, and cannot recommend it outside its tiny target audience. This is really two books inside just one cover. One of the books is about the Javascript language, particularly some very advanced techniques, and some "mom and...I found this book extremely frustrating, and cannot recommend it outside its tiny target audience.
This is really two books inside just one cover. One of the books is about the Javascript language, particularly some very advanced techniques, and some "mom and apple pie" about putting together large applications (loose coupling, modules, etc.). The other book is an overview of new technologies useful in constructing large applications. The two book parts largely separate by chapter (although there's no suggestion of it in the Table of Contents). There is just enough blending together of the two parts though to justify publishing both parts inside one cover.
The first part describes quite a few advanced language techniques, including some I've never seen written up in any other book. The downside is the techniques are presented largely without evaluation (at least "comprehensible" evaluation) and without example uses. The second part briefly describes and then evaluates each of several new technologies, ranging from very commonly described ones (node.js, templates, JSON, fat clients, etc.) to ones you may have never heard of before (Siren, HATEOAS, new API Media mime-types, etc.). The downside is the descriptions are so brief it can be difficult to figure out which contexts each technology fits into.
Both book parts are substantial; don't be fooled by the moderate page count. There are no redundancies or segues; there aren't even hardly any comments in the example code snippets. I find most books too wordy and generally applaud a more concise style, but I see here that if carried too far conciseness turns into incomprehensibility. Too often I felt like I was slogging through a math textbook for an advanced class I wasn't even taking, and worse a book in which the copious equations hadn't been proofread very well. Too often I couldn't determine whether my puzzling how to fit together the comments in the text with the example code snippet was because I was insufficiently familiar with some concept, or a victim of another writing error.
There are lots and lots of snippets of example code; I'd say the majority of the pages include at least one code snippet. Despite their volume though I found they added little or nothing because they were so hard to parse for meaning. There are virtually no comments in the snippets. There's never even an alternate font or boldfaced line or lines. As a result I often couldn't even tell which part I should be looking at. Sometimes a snippet is complete and standalone; sometimes it assumes (without comment or pointer) the environment from a previous snippet; and sometimes it references variables and functions that as far as I could see were never defined anywhere. Once in a while each snippet reprised the previous one except with a few more lines; most of the time though each snippet is de-novo. Most of the time the whole snippet is relevant to the immediately surrounding text; but once in a while the snippet also includes an unusual construct illustrating a different concept that was covered several pages (or even chapters) earlier.
The target audience seems to be only web application system architects who already work full time in the field. Few others will be able to even puzzle through the majority of the content. Just one example of the many topics I found maddeningly over-abbreviated: In the discussion of "modules" a comment about it sometimes making the most sense to "precompile" the client-side Javascript really caught my attention. (It's possible to "pre-compile" Javascript? For another machine? And send it over the network? - In general HOW? What browser/client support is required? Is it possible with an Apache server? ) ...next topic
For the right people, this book will be great, and its extreme conciseness will be a plus; for everyone else though this book will be at least irrelevant and maybe even an active downer. The message I personally came away with was "you're not good enough, why are you trying?". I wish I could say that if folks who are just a little under-prepared reread enough times and worked hard enough they'd eventually "get it", but I suspect the book is so focussed on its target audience that others can't use it to "catch up" no matter what. Targeting such a tiny audience and making everyone else "feel stupid" seems to me an odd strategy for selling lots of books :-)
- 5.0 out of 5 starsAmazon Vine Customer Review of Free ProductGood stuff. Insightful content.Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014Format: PaperbackAccording to the author, this book is not an introduction to Javascript, but intended for an intermediate coder who is looking to produce a complete self-contained app based entirely on Javascript. In addition, the book is intended to demonstrate the need for flexibility in...According to the author, this book is not an introduction to Javascript, but intended for an intermediate coder who is looking to produce a complete self-contained app based entirely on Javascript. In addition, the book is intended to demonstrate the need for flexibility in coding, and avoiding the pitfalls that make the code too rigid and difficult to modify during the app lifespan.
The text has lots of jargon in it and even creates new jargon. For the Javascript novice moving toward the intermediate level, this may slow down your appreciation of the content and at times be confusing, but stick with it. You are both unlearning bad habits in the process of reading this book, as well as learning better approaches to coding from scratch. Consequently, I actually believe that novice coders would benefit from reviewing this book early on because it makes the case for coding in a highly consistent manner. It also reviews coding logic that might otherwise be lost to a novice coder who would likely pick up bad habits by sloppy coding that may work at first, but which is neither efficient nor amenable to modifications as their app program evolves. Being aware of this book is especially useful if the novice coder is learning Javascript completely on their own.
I got a lot of this book, and there is plenty still here for me to go over again and again. I felt this was targeted exactly at my level of coding experience (I've done a lot of script coding and a couple of complete Javascript apps). The book left me wanting more information, particularly with respect to DOM manipulation and local storage. So I would say this is an incomplete book in some ways, but if you consider it a stepping stone in your coding education, you'll appreciate it more. I would consider this the kind of book that reveals common information, but in a much more insightful way. This is the kind of material/advice you would expect to get from someone who has already walked along the path you wish to follow. To me the author is giving you insight to avoid getting frustrated by taking a wrong turn in building your application, or coding yourself into a corner.
I kind of disagree with the author's warning that this is not a book for the novice. I think a novice would get a lot from the first few chapters of the book, even if it is not written for them. I do agree that the last half of the book is too esoteric for the novice, but good for the intermediate coder.
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A. Gray5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseWhat an amazing person and what a great coachReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2016Eric Elliot will take you on a whirlwind tour of JS here - got issues? Just ask him and he'll get back to you! What an amazing person and what a great coach. Just get it!Eric Elliot will take you on a whirlwind tour of JS here - got issues? Just ask him and he'll get back to you! What an amazing person and what a great coach.
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F.Maccarrone5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseOMGReviewed in Italy on February 18, 2015Premetto che non ho ancora finito di leggere questo libro, ma mancano una manciata di pagine... Fantastico: per chi lavora sul JavaScript da almeno un annetto permette di avere una visione più avanzata ed aperta su quello che il JavaScript può davvero fare. Potenzia alcuni...Premetto che non ho ancora finito di leggere questo libro, ma mancano una manciata di pagine... Fantastico: per chi lavora sul JavaScript da almeno un annetto permette di avere una visione più avanzata ed aperta su quello che il JavaScript può davvero fare. Potenzia alcuni punti focali, dei quali si pensava di avere già il massimo controllo. Consigliatissimo anche per chi lavora su JavaScript da pochi mesi... Acquisto più che validoPremetto che non ho ancora finito di leggere questo libro, ma mancano una manciata di pagine...
Fantastico: per chi lavora sul JavaScript da almeno un annetto permette di avere una visione più avanzata ed aperta su quello che il JavaScript può davvero fare. Potenzia alcuni punti focali, dei quali si pensava di avere già il massimo controllo.
Consigliatissimo anche per chi lavora su JavaScript da pochi mesi...
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Jean-Philippe Lambert5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseFive StarsReviewed in Canada on August 25, 2014This book is a refreshing standpoint on Javascript coding and web architecture.This book is a refreshing standpoint on Javascript coding and web architecture.
Pichoneitor4.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseExcelent!Reviewed in Germany on June 8, 2016really good examples, if you want to extend your js knowledge. buy it really good examples, if you want to extend your js knowledge. buy itreally good examples, if you want to extend your js knowledge. buy it
really good examples, if you want to extend your js knowledge. buy it
Christian5.0 out of 5 starsVerified PurchaseGoodReviewed in Italy on August 25, 2016If you need to start or extend your knowledge on javascript and software development, this is a good choice. Very GoodIf you need to start or extend your knowledge on javascript and software development, this is a good choice.
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