Refactoring JavaScript

If your JavaScript is a mess, frameworks can only do so much to help. No matter what framework, "compiles-to-JS" language, or library you use, bugs and performance concerns will always be an issue if the underlying quality of your JavaScript is poor. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how to test and refactor your existing code to help reduce complexity, improve readability, and gain confidence in the codebase.

About the author

Evan Burchard is a Web Development Consultant and the author of The Web Game Developer's Cookbook. Offline, he has designed an award-winning kinetic game involving stacking real ice cubes, and periodically picks up his project to walk across the U.S.

Summary

No matter what framework or "compiles-to-js" language or library used, bugs and performance concerns will be an issue if the underlying quality of your JavaScript is poor. This book provides clear guidance on how best to avoid these pathological approaches to writing JavaScript. Bad code doesn't have to stay that way.

Product details

• Authors: Burchard, Evan Burchard, Burchard Evan
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9781491964927
• ISBN: 978-1-4919-6492-7
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 234 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 768 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; Programmier- und Skriptsprachen, allgemein, COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / JavaScript, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Tools, COMPUTERS / Web / Web Services & APIs, Web programming, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Programming, refactoring javascript