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Summary: the best book i've ever read about javascript OOP
Comment: the book is amazing and front-end engineer should not miss this one , it take you to the Guru level of knowledge with javascript OOP techniques and API creation world through Dustin diaz (Google) and Ross harmes (YahOO!) experience , beginning with OOP fundamentals in the first 6 chapters , then dive into the interesting javascript design patterns : Factory , Bridge , Composite , Facade , Adapter , Decorator , flyweight , Proxy , Observer and Command , i don't exaggerate when i tell you that it's the best book i've ever read about javascript in my life :) .
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Summary: great next step book
Comment: it's a great book to learn more.....it's missing practical examples for real life.....lot of theory. If you don't know Object Oriented Principles, it will be (very) hard(er). (ActionScript 3.0 book can help, or Java book ).
It's not begginer book........It's great for large projects, applications.
This is great for frontend engineers and software engineers.
I would recommend JavaScripts Good Parts in addition to this, it could help with coding standards....
Unfortunatelly, there is no single Javascript book.
Many of them are old and lousy......
As UI/Front End Developer, it's nice to have a book like this. it's very helpfull for sure.
What's missing, HOW TO - the connection to real Javascript frameworks, like YUI, JQuerry, Mootools, Prototype, Dojo, etc, etc, etc.
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Summary: Required reading to advance the skill level of experienced programmers
Comment: To begin with this is not a book for the person new to JavaScript. The authors assume some knowledge of JavaScript and object oriented programming right from the start. This is more of an advanced text for those who already can get things done in JavaScript and want to advance their knowledge, write code that is easier to maintain, and exploit the flexibility of JavaScript to its fullest extent.
For each pattern discussed they provide background information on the problem to be resolved, example coding, and when to use it. I appreciated this detail in helping me to fully understand not only when a pattern could be used to benefit a project but also when it might not be the most appropriate way. While JavaScript has always been known for its flexibility these authors show how a creative person can exploit the language's flexibility.. The patterns themselves represent pretty common ones in other languages but the way they were implemented in JavaScript was enlightening.
This is an excellent guide and reference for high-level JavaScript programming on large projects maintained by multiple programmers. Pro JavaScript Design Patterns is highly recommended for experienced object oriented programmers who want to add this to their knowledge base.
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Summary: Valuable if you do non-trivial work with JavaScript
Comment: Back in the early days Design Patterns examples mostly used C++ as language. This day Java is the typical choice, with an increasing amount of C#. Usually if you are familiar with any of those languages, porting the sample code to a different platform isn't that hard. Unfortunately JavaScript is quite a different beast, first of all is not class based, it's loosely typed, it doesn't support interfaces etc. JavaScript has a whole bunch of peculiarities that make it really hard to translate those Java/C# samples. That's why this book is really welcomed. The authors stick with mainstream, well-know patterns, nothing new, but they "translate" those patterns in JavaScript, offering working samples. I tend to disagree with them whenever they pretend to add interface-like functionality to JavaScript; yet, I think they made an excellent job, a book that can be really valuable if you do non-trivial work with JavaScript
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Summary: Great book, highly recommend
Comment: The authors of this book, being recognized web experts in Google and Yahoo circles, are sharing an array of javascript design patterns that will empower your applications and widen horizons of all web developer levels.
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