JavaScript Chrome/Blink devs discuss setImmediate Really interesting discussion of the pros and cons of the setImmediate function. For a little backstory checkout this post by Nicholas Zakas (@slicknet) Here's a nice tidbit from one of the Chrome devs:
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Factory Table of Contents Factories encapsulate and separate object creation from the rest of your code. In situations where the creation of an object can be complex or subject to change a factory can
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Decorator Update Yesterday's post drew a lot of traffic from Reddit and with it came some really good feedback. If you haven't read the previous post please do so first and then come back here.
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Decorator Table of Contents Update: Part 2 has been posted! A Decorator is an object which adds functionality to another object dynamically. It can be used to enhance the behavior of an object without
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Observer Table of Contents Observer is one of the most popular design patterns and chances are you're probably already using it. If you've ever written an event listener with addEventListener or used one of
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Iterator Table of Contents If you're coming from Ruby or Java you probably think of an Iterator as an object which gives you a consistent interface for traversing a collection of some kind. If
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Singleton Table of Contents Ah yes the Singleton, a pattern whose name lives in infamy. For the uninitiated a little explanation is in order. A Singleton is an object which can only be instantiated
Design Patterns JavaScript Design Patterns: Table of Contents Creational Abstract Factory Builder Factory Method Object Pool Prototype Singleton Structural Adapter Bridge Composite Decorator Facade Flyweight Private Class Data Proxy Behavioral Chain of Responsibility Command Interpreter Iterator Mediator Memento Null Object Observer
Chain Take Control of your App with the JavaScript State Pattern Last week I wrote a post about communicating between views in Backbone.js and since then it has easily become my most popular article. The comments have forced me to think about the