#patterns

This is an article on the module pattern for Javascript, and some of its neat properties. I’ve been using it recently for projects like Wax and mmg, and think it’s a neat way to structure code and avoid some of the less likable parts of the language.

"The Java ecosystem warps your brain into a mode of thinking where modularity patterns like DI and decoration are like ancient gods which can only be invoked with a great deal of pomp and ceremony. And I think that perspective tends to make it hard to see that other programmers use the same patterns, just with less fanfare. For an even better take on this topic than mine, read Jamis Buck’s classic account of writing and discarding two Ruby DI frameworks."

"design patterns are solutions to recurring problems. By extension, UI design patterns are solutions to common user interface problems. This article goes over 10 interesting UI design patterns that you can use in your own projects. In fact, you may already be using them now without knowing it."

"The solution that the command pattern proposes is to encapsulate the changes to the DOM into objects, command objects, each capable of doing (and undoing) a particular action."