May 6, 2012
by Dustin Boston
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So there’s lots of debate about the merits of pure JavaScript objects (using Prototypal Inheritance) vs constructor functions (classes). I was on the former bandwagon until recently when I realized there are a couple of really good reasons to use … Continue reading
March 23, 2012
by Dustin Boston
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When it comes to developing scalable web apps (or apps of any sort really) it’s best to keep your code modular. Cowboy code won’t fly when your sweet porn app is getting nailed by a quarter million users in the time it … Continue reading
Just started using JSCoverage for testing code coverage in Javascript. It’s super simple to implement—I even got it working with RequireJS (just had to make sure it was using relative URLs).
While researching the various event binding methods that jQuery has available I stumbled upon When You Should Use jQuery’s Live and Delegate Methods.
The syntax for delegate() is simpler than live() and it offers a potential performance boost when you know the context of future objects that will be rendered to the page.
July 18, 2011
by Dustin Boston
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Sometimes Javascript makes me want to kick little kittens. This time it’s because there is no built-in way to pass objects by value. First a little guide regarding Javascript and by reference vs by value: Primitive types (boolean and numeric) … Continue reading
Prototypal Inheritance is a timeless article by Douglas Crockford, who is incredibly smart. Hat tip to James Burke for pointing me in this direction.
I wonder if this might be an even simpler and possibly better solution than John Resigs Simple Inheritance. (I’m currently just extending objects with jQuery’s extend method which ends up completely overriding the parent methods if they exist in the child.)