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Hey! That's exactly how my jQuery code looks! I think I just got seduced by all the closurey goodness that comes with Javascript (my day-job languages don't let

by nezumi 16y ago

Hey! That's exactly how my jQuery code looks! I think I just got seduced by all the closurey goodness that comes with Javascript (my day-job languages don't let me do that.) I'm not going to ask how to write good code, but I think this is a fair question: can someone point to a coding standard / style guideline for Javascript + jQuery? E.g., when to choose a single-use named function over an anonymous function? When to bind jQuery results to variables vs. go crazy with chaining? Any advice on good selector practices? Good html naming conventions? I'd love to see all that stuff documented in one place. It must be out there somewhere.

irahul 16y ago
> can someone point to a coding standard / style guideline for Javascript + jQuery? backbone.js is good. That gives you a fair idea about structuring your application. If you webapp is designed in a RESTful manner, backbone.js maps quite nicely to your backend.
arijo 16y ago
http://www.javascriptmvc.com http://www.javascriptmvc.com
troels 16y ago
I think the most important, and often violated principle is to keep model and presentation code separated. If your widget has any kind of even slightly complex logic, don't rely on the dom to be your model, or you'll get into a mess quickly. The dom (and thus jquery) is presentation (controller/view). Create separate objects for your model and have your controller code (even handlers) update this and your view be updated from it.
emehrkay 16y ago
I know that it is extremely simply to write spaghetti code in just about any language, using any supporting library, but I'd say check out some of the stuff that the MooTools guys are doing. I come back simply amazed at some of the things that they're doing. Check Company http://code.keetology.com/company/ http://code.keetology.com/company/ its a different approach to solving the same problem(s) as backbone

by nezumi 16y ago

irahul 16y ago

> can someone point to a coding standard / style guideline for Javascript + jQuery? backbone.js is good. That gives you a fair idea about structuring your application. If you webapp is designed in a RESTful manner, backbone.js maps quite nicely to your backend.

arijo 16y ago

http://www.javascriptmvc.com http://www.javascriptmvc.com

troels 16y ago

I think the most important, and often violated principle is to keep model and presentation code separated. If your widget has any kind of even slightly complex logic, don't rely on the dom to be your model, or you'll get into a mess quickly. The dom (and thus jquery) is presentation (controller/view). Create separate objects for your model and have your controller code (even handlers) update this and your view be updated from it.

emehrkay 16y ago

I know that it is extremely simply to write spaghetti code in just about any language, using any supporting library, but I'd say check out some of the stuff that the MooTools guys are doing. I come back simply amazed at some of the things that they're doing. Check Company http://code.keetology.com/company/ http://code.keetology.com/company/ its a different approach to solving the same problem(s) as backbone