Articles Tagged javascript design patterns

WordPress has plugins. jQuery has plugins. Gatsby, Eleventy, and Vue do, too.

Plugins are a common feature of libraries and frameworks, and for a good reason: they allow developers to add functionality, in a safe, scalable way. This makes the core project more valuable, and it builds a community — all without creating an additional maintenance burden. What a great deal!

So how do you go about building a plugin system? Let’s answer that question by … Read article “Designing a JavaScript Plugin System”

Even if you haven’t read my post The Importance Of JavaScript Abstractions When Working With Remote Data, chances are you’re already convinced that maintainability and scalability are important for your project and the way toward that is introducing abstractions.

For the purposes of this post, let’s assume that an abstraction, in JavaScript, is a module.… Read article “Adapting JavaScript Abstractions Over Time”

This tutorial is the second of a three-part series on React by Brad Westfall. This series is all about going beyond basic React skills and building bigger things, like entire Single Page Applications (SPAs). This article picks up where the last article, on React Router, left off.… Read article “Leveling Up With React: Container Components”