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Arthur Kay
August 15, 2012
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Your Code Sucks: Best Practices for Enterprise JavaScript Development
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Transcript
Best Practices for Enterprise JavaScript Applications YOUR CODE SUCKS
WHO AM I? • Arthur Kay • Solutions Engineer @
Sencha, Inc. • Web Development ~15 years • www.akawebdesign.com • @arthurakay
AGENDA • Improving application performance • Increasing code stability •
Scaling applications for enterprise • Tools • Advice
None
IMPROVING APPLICATION PERFORMANCE Part 1
CACHING
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Cache values (references) • Avoid using
document.getElementById() and other global queries
DO THIS INSTEAD
OVER NESTING
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Use lightweight containers (reduce DOM) •
Lazy Rendering
DO THIS INSTEAD
MEMORY LEAKS
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD
INCREASING CODE STABILITY Part 2
SYNTAX ERRORS
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Use JSLint (or something else) •
AUTOMATE SYNTAX CHECKING
ONE CLASS PER FILE
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Organize your file system • Files
and folders should match namespacing • MVC (or something) • Development loader / Production builder
NAMES HAVE MEANING
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Descriptive names on everything (except iterators)
• Common naming conventions (camelCase vs TitleCase vs nocase) • Exceptions for • constants ( SOME_CONSTANT ) • constructors ( MyClass ) • sub-namespaces ( Foo.bar.Class )_
COMMENTS / DOCUMENTATION
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Comment top-level structures • Add notes
whenever logic is not obvious • Build your docs into a searchable tool
SCALING APPLICATIONS FOR ENTERPRISE Part 3
AVOID DUPLICATION
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Abstraction! • Use mixins when possible
• Apply stuff to prototypes • Have similar classes/methods? • call() and apply()
DO THIS INSTEAD
SMALLER FILES. WHITE SPACE.
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Keep methods under 50 lines •
Keep files under 500 lines • Use as much whitespace as possible.
UNIT TESTS
THIS CODE SUCKS
DO THIS INSTEAD • Write “testable” code • Focus on
important / trouble areas • AUTOMATE UNIT TESTING • Don’t insist on UI (integration/iteraction) tests * Test Driven JavaScript Development by Christian Johansen
TOOLS Stuff You Should Know About
IDE
INSPECT ELEMENT
YSLOW
JS DUCK
PHANTOM.JS
ADVICE Things I’ve Learned
SPECIFICATION – NOT TDD
NEVER STOP LEARNING
BREAK (SOME) RULES
None
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES • “Maintainable JavaScript” by Nicholas Zakas • http://www.slideshare.net/nzakas/maintainable-javascript-2012
• “Code Conventions for JS” by Douglass Crockford • http://javascript.crockford.com/code.html • “JavaScript Performance Tips & Tricks” by Grgur Grisogono • http://moduscreate.com/javascript-performance-tips-tricks/
THANKS! Arthur Kay | @arthurakay
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