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15 Feb

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 10: The Module Pattern

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:5 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting Automatic Semicolon Insertion Static Properties and Methods Namespaces Reusing Methods of Other Objects The module pattern is quite popular in the JavaScript community as is heavily applied by many JavaScript developers. There?s also the CommonJS initiative, which defines […]

9 Feb

2011

Taking Baby Steps with Node.js – Node Version Management with n

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript, Node.js:5 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Introduction Threads vs. Events Using Non-Standard Modules Debugging with node-inspector CommonJS and Creating Custom Modules The community around Node.js is definitely thriving at the moment. As a consequence, new versions of Node.js are being released very rapidly. While the 0.2.x versions of Node.js are considered stable, the […]

4 Feb

2011

Taking Baby Steps with Node.js – CommonJS and Creating Custom Modules

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript, Node.js:

Here are the links to the previous installments: Introduction Threads vs. Events Using Non-Standard Modules Debugging with node-inspector In a previous blog post, I already discussed how to make use of the built-in and third-party modules inside a Node.js application. For this post I?m going to briefly touch on CommonJS and show how to create […]

31 Jan

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 9: Reusing Methods of Other Objects

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting Automatic Semicolon Insertion Static Properties and Methods Namespaces In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that functions in JavaScript are plain objects that can have their own properties and methods. One of these methods that are available […]

26 Jan

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 8: Namespaces

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:7 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting Automatic Semicolon Insertion Static Properties and Methods In my previous post, I showed how you can ?emulate? static members in JavaScript without having a dedicated syntax for it. For this post, I?m going to discuss namespaces in JavaScript. […]

19 Jan

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 7: Static Properties and Methods

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:4 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting Automatic Semicolon Insertion In this post, I?m going to quickly show you how to set up static properties and methods in JavaScript. This can come in handy for constant values and/or utility functions. C# and most other class-based […]

14 Jan

2011

Taking Baby Steps with Node.js – Debugging with node-inspector

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript, Node.js:3 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Introduction Threads vs. Events Using Non-Standard Modules Writing unit tests for your code drastically reduces the amount of debugging. This is the case for practically any programming language that you work in. But when the shit hits the fan, having a debugger with some decent features at […]

12 Jan

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 6: Automatic Semicolon Insertion

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:5 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting For this post, I?m going to discuss a feature of JavaScript that can easily get you in trouble. Semicolons in JavaScript are not mandatory. This means that if you forget to place a semicolon after some statement, JavaScript […]