JavaScript Playbook

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1. JavaScript Playbook
2. testdouble.com @TheOtherZach zach@testdouble.com
3. Who We Code For
4. 3 Masters
5. User
 Our Code Needs To Solve Somebody’s Problem
6. Machine
 Our Code Needs To Execute Efficiently
7. Maintainer
 Future Programmers Must Be Able To Extend And Fix Our Code
8. Maintainable code is readable and flexible.
9. Flexible
10. “I think we’re in trouble. I don’t think we have the foggiest idea how to compute very well.” - Dr. Gerald Sussman
11. Why is maintenance so expensive?
12. The changeability of your code is unknowable until the change happens.
13. But we can make bets.
14. Modular
15. Dependencies
16. Libraries / Frameworks
17. Your Code
18. Shared & Mutable State
19. I/O
20. Knowledge
21. Every Dependency Increases Rigidity
22. Tests Sometimes Enforce Modularity
23. Anybody Who Tells You They Have This Figured Out Is Selling Something
24. Summary: ! flexibility is a function of modularity
25. Readable
26. class WestSideStory extends RomeoAndJuliet
27. The readability of your code is unknowable until the reading happens.
28. But we can make bets.
29. Contextual Overhead
30. Consistency
31. Chunk Size
32. Libraries
33. Ninja Code
34. Code is often a pleasure to write. Make Yours Fun To Read
35. Summary: ! Optimize For Reading, Not Writing
36. @TheOtherZach’s Specific Advice
37. Concat & Min in Production
38. We Configured Grunt For You: ! Lineman.js ! You’re Welcome
39. Skip Require.js
40. Bower < cURL
41. Style Guide or (Coffee|Clojure|Type)Script
42. Linting or (Coffee|Clojure|Type)Script
43. Use Ember for client routing
44. Learn Angular
45. Use Your Favorite Backend
46. jQuery Plugins Are Black Boxes
47. Learning to test ! will make you better
48. Invent Your Own Best Practices
49. testdouble.com @TheOtherZach zach@testdouble.com