Article: A Case Study in JavaScript Code Improvement

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My latest article, A Case Study in JavaScript Code Improvement, has just been released on the Telerik Developer Network. Over the past year or so I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I call "201 Level" JavaScript/web development. The stuff above intro level and below Rockstar/Ninja Level. It is an area I think developers need more help with (myself included) and I've been trying to focus my writing/presenting on this general theme.

My article takes a simple project (my Star Wars API wrapper) and discusses how I migrate it from a quick and dirty one-off project to something that is a bit more professional.

Let me know what you think!

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Comment 1 by Tobias posted on 1/8/2015 at 6:40 PM

Thanks Raymond, I for one agree that we need more articles below the "ninja" level and I think you're doing a great job :-)
The stuff I read on your blog is something that actually brings me further in my day to day development. I also read the so called "Rockstar/Ninja" stuff but it has far less practical value to me. (hope it will have one day ;-))

Comment 2 by Chris Geirman posted on 1/9/2015 at 6:33 PM

Well done, Raymond! I totally agree that 201 level JS stuff is needed. I've done very little JS unit testing myself, but know I need to. I'm relatively new to task runners as well, though I do use them in trivial ways daily (live reload, local server, etc). Thanks!