Make no mistake, the book’s title starts with the word ‘Pro’ for a reason…this is not a book intended for beginners. Particularly developers who work with large scale Javascript applications will benefit from the book, as that is what design patterns seem to be best suited for. The ideas laid out in the book can help anyone working with the language to create higher-quality, efficient code.

The book definitely holds value for any person working with Javascript and front-end development. Design patterns can also create difficulties if used inappropriately, so Ross and Dustin take a look at the disadvantages of each pattern so that you can accurately determine whether or not to use it in your applications.

For each pattern, you get to see how to implement it in Javascript, when to implement it, and the benefits you will see. The second part of the book dives right into design patterns. There are sections on such advanced topics like interfaces, encapsulation, inheritance and chaining. The book starts off by walking you through some object-oriented principles as they relate to Javascript. Design patterns are more popular in software engineering, but as web applications become larger and more robust, design patterns are starting to become a bit more well known in the web development world.ĭustin and Ross do a great job of explaining different design patterns and showing how to apply them in the world of Javascript. Design patterns are reusable solutions to specific, common problems that occur in development. Pro Javascript Design Patterns is about…well, applying design patterns in Javascript of course. You can find Dustin’s musings about web development topics at. Dustin works for Google as a user interface engineer. Ross is a front-end engineer from Yahoo! and blogs (albeit not for awhile) about random tech topics at. Pro JavaScript Design Patterns is written by Ross Harmes and Dustin Diaz. The books reviewed will all be somehow related to web development or design so you will never hear me tell you how much I enjoyed Stephen King’s Dark Tower series or Napoleon’s Pyramids by William Dietrich….except for right now of course. The idea is that I will frequently review web-related books to hopefully help give you an idea of whether or not a book is right for you. NOTE: This is the first book review to be featured here. Book Review: Pro JavaScript Design Patterns April 8, 2008

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