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JavaScript Design Patterns
http://shichuan.github.io/javascript-patterns
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can function declaration be named as a pattern? #143

Open chapgaga opened 9 years ago

chapgaga commented 9 years ago

seems it is only kind of trivil skill, https://github.com/shichuan/javascript-patterns/blob/master/general-patterns/function-declarations.html

noamkfir commented 9 years ago

There are a number of ways to declare functions in JavaScript, but some are better than others. And the worst way looks a lot like a standard function declaration in many other languages.

I've taught JavaScript to quite a few programmers, and this has led me to believe that this is not a "trivial skill" (though I agree that it is a basic one). To my mind, outlining the options and explaining their advantages and disadvantages provides, to paraphrase, "reusable solutions to common problems".

chapgaga commented 9 years ago

@noamkfir seems this pattern is named by you, i cannot find it in a couple of books which is talking about JS Pattern :(

noamkfir commented 9 years ago

@chapgaga I did not create the pattern and I did not name it. But I do agree with it, for the reasons I mentioned above.

Design patterns are descriptions of reusable solutions to common problems. The description on this page fits that definition, as far as I can see.

There are many patterns that are described in only one book or by just one source. That is not an argument against them. For example, Martin Fowler describes many patterns in his books and on his site, quite a few of which are probably not mentioned elsewhere, and most of which had not been mentioned anywhere before Fowler came along and cataloged them. That does not make them any less valuable.