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Cutting Angular’s Crosscuts Minko Gechev github.com/mgechev twitter.com/mgechev blog.mgechev.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/davefrost/15704668417/

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github.com/mgechev twitter.com/mgechev blog.mgechev.com

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Lets talk about object-oriented programming

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Agenda • Title 1 • Subtitle 1 • Subtitle 2 • Title 2 • Subtitle 1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/cinamonas/3191659268/ Why it was invented?

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Simple project

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Agenda • Title 1 • Subtitle 1 • Subtitle 2 • Title 2 • Subtitle 1

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Large project

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackson22/16706843701 Simple tools were not enough

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Agenda • Title 1 • Subtitle 1 • Subtitle 2 • Title 2 • Subtitle 1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/fastlizard4/5391914387/ …something more powerful was required

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcbusinesshub/17020592469/ A new idea

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Brings 4 powerful principles

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Abstraction

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Inheritance Abstraction

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Inheritance Encapsulation Abstraction

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Inheritance Encapsulation Abstraction Polymorphism

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Inheritance Encapsulation Abstraction Polymorphism

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Abstraction helps us handle complexity

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User

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user.ts export class User { public id: number; public name: string; public email: string; public website: string; }

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User

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user.ts export class User { // ... save() { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { var params = this._serialize(); http.open('POST', URL, true); http.setRequestHeader(‘Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); http.onreadystatechange = _ => { if (http.readyState === 4) { if (http.status === 200) { resolve(); } else { reject(); } } } http.send(params); }); } }

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user.ts export class User { // ... save() { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { var params = this._serialize(); http.open('POST', URL, true); http.setRequestHeader(‘Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); http.onreadystatechange = _ => { if (http.readyState === 4) { if (http.status === 200) { resolve(); } else { reject(); } } } http.send(params); }); } }

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SOLID

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SOLID

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High-level modules should not depend on low-level modules…

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Abstractions should not depend on details…

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User

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User Http

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } post(url, data) { return fetch(url, { method: 'post', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify(data) }) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } }

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } post(url, data) { return fetch(url, { method: 'post', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify(data) }) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } }

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } post(url, data) { return fetch(url, { method: 'post', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify(data) }) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } }

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UserFinder Http User

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user_finder.ts export class UserFinder { constructor( @Inject(Http) private http:Http, @Inject(API_SERVER) private url:string) { } get(id: number): Promise { return this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id) .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; return user; }); } }

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export class UserFinder { constructor( @Inject(Http) private http:Http, @Inject(API_SERVER) private url:string) { } get(id: number): Promise { return this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id) .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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export class UserFinder { constructor( @Inject(Http) private http:Http, @Inject(API_SERVER) private url:string) { } get(id: number): Promise { return this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id) .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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Layers of Abstraction

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UserFinder Http User

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UserFinder Http User

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UserFinder Http User

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UserFinder Http User

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UserFinder Http User Cache users in localStorage

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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UserFinder Http User Cache requests in memory

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { if (cache.has(url)) { return Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } } }

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { if (cache.has(url)) { return Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } } }

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Caching crosscut levels of abstraction

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Cross-cutting concerns

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What part of the method is not related to the class purpose?

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { let promise; if (cache.has(url)) { promise = Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { promise = fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } return promise .then(data => { return data; }); } }

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { let promise; if (cache.has(url)) { promise = Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { promise = fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } return promise .then(data => { return data; }); } }

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Cannot be cleanly decomposed and can result in either scattering or tangling

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Object-oriented programming is not powerful enough

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Aspect-oriented programming

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What if we could…

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Move the crosscuts into separate modules

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { let user = JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem(id.toString()) || 'null' ); let promise; if (user) { promise = Promise.resolve(user); } else { promise = this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id); } return promise .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; localStorage.setItem(id.toString(), JSON.stringify(user)); return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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export class UserFinder { // ... get(id: number): Promise { return this.http.get(this.url + '/' + id) .then(res => { let user = new User(); user.id = res.id; user.name = res.name; user.email = res.email; user.website = res.website; return user; }); } } user_finder.ts

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { let promise; if (cache.has(url)) { promise = Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { promise = fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } return promise .then(data => { return data; }); } }

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { let promise; if (cache.has(url)) { promise = Promise.resolve(cache.get(url)); } else { promise = fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }) .then(data => { cache.set(url, data); return data; }); } return promise .then(data => { return data; }); } }

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http.ts export class Http { // ... get(url:string) { return fetch(url) .then(res => { return res.json(); }); } }

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…move the entire caching logic into separate module

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @before(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @after(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @before(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @after(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @before(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @after(/^UserMapper$/, /^get/) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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How to connect everything together?

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { @beforeMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) beforeUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.queryCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } @afterMethod({ classNamePattern: /^UserFinder$/, methodNamePattern: /^get/ }) afterUserFinderGetInvocation(meta, id) { this.setCache(lsCache, meta.method, id); } // same for Http queryCache(cache, method, id) { } setCache(cache, method, id) { } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { // ... queryCache(cache, method, id) { let res = cache.get(id); if (res) { method.proceed = false; return Promise.resolve(res); } } setCache(cache, method, id) { return method.result.then(data => { cache.set(id, data); return data; }); } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { // ... queryCache(cache, method, id) { let res = cache.get(id); if (res) { method.proceed = false; return Promise.resolve(res); } } setCache(cache, method, id) { return method.result.then(data => { cache.set(id, data); return data; }); } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { // ... queryCache(cache, method, id) { let res = cache.get(id); if (res) { method.proceed = false; return Promise.resolve(res); } } setCache(cache, method, id) { return method.result.then(data => { cache.set(id, data); return data; }); } }

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cache_aspect.ts export class CacheAspect { // ... queryCache(cache, method, id) { let res = cache.get(id); if (res) { method.proceed = false; return Promise.resolve(res); } } setCache(cache, method, id) { return method.result.then(data => { cache.set(id, data); return data; }); } }

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aspect.js

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Lets reveal the magic…

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export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } http.ts cache_aspect.pseudo

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { CacheAspect.before(metadata); Http.originalGet(url); CacheAspect.after(metadata); } } http.pseudo @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } cache_aspect.pseudo

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { CacheAspect.before(metadata); Http.originalGet(url); CacheAspect.after(metadata); } } http.pseudo @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } cache_aspect.pseudo

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { CacheAspect.before(metadata); Http.originalGet(url); CacheAspect.after(metadata); } } http.pseudo @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } cache_aspect.pseudo

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { CacheAspect.before(metadata); Http.originalGet(url); CacheAspect.after(metadata); } } http.pseudo @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } cache_aspect.pseudo

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http.ts export class Http { get(url) { CacheAspect.before(metadata); Http.originalGet(url); CacheAspect.after(metadata); } } http.pseudo @Wove() export class Http { get(url:string) { // ... } } export class CacheAspect { @before(/.*/, /^get/) before(m, param) { } @after(/.*/, /^get/) after(m, id) { } } cache_aspect.pseudo

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Proxy-based AOP

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What about AngularJS 1.x?

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– Ryan Singer “So much complexity in software comes from trying to make one thing do two things.”

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Switching to Angular 2

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Thank you! github.com/mgechev twitter.com/mgechev blog.mgechev.com