Abstract One of the best ways to learn something new is to see how the things you already know are used in it. This document does not intend to make its readers familiar with the design or architectural patterns; it … Continued
This is what makes AngularJS particularly attractive to this author. The W3C Web Component specifications when fully implemented by the major browsers will most certainly cause a major paradigm shift in the way web page construction is viewed. Building websites … Continued
Chapter 3 – AngularJS Component Primer Part One: The View AngularJS Core Directives Scoping Directives ng-app, ng-controller Event Listener Directives DOM & Style Manipulation Directives Rolling Our Own Directives Directive Declaration Directive Naming Directives Definition Dependency Injection (API) Strategies … Continued
How does versioning work for components? Component libraries have some “special needs” when it comes to versioning. A proper system of versioning is essential for dependency management, both the dependencies your library depends on, as well as who depends on … Continued
AngularJS is a new JavaScript toolkit, so it make sense to ask why use it? If you ask any front-end developer who’s drunk the Angular flavored Kool-Aid, including the author, what’s so great about it, they might tell you: “I … Continued
In 2005 “AJAX” was the buzzword of the Internet. While the technology behind updating content on a web page without “reloading” was not new, it was at this time that compatibility between browser vendors had converged enough to allow the … Continued
In the bad old days of software development, the typical (waterfall) release cycle took anywhere from 6 to 18 months from requirements to delivery. These periods would include, in sequence, UML modeling of the requirements, complete source code development, quality … Continued
Speaking of injection, AngularJS encourages a lot of dependency injection (DI), a programming paradigm made popular by the Java Spring Framework several years ago. Any application, module, or function in JavaScript can resolve dependencies as variables from within that function’s scope, … Continued
The W3C Web Component specifications when fully implemented by the major browsers will most certainly cause a major paradigm shift in the way web page construction is viewed. Building websites and web apps will no longer be seen as a … Continued
Use strict mode. It makes JavaScript a cleaner language. Always use semicolons. Avoid the pitfalls of automatic semicolon insertion. Always use strict equality (===) and strict inequality (!==). I recommend never deviating from this rule. I even prefer the first … Continued