Closure : the definitive guide / Michael Bolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolin, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Closure (Computer file).

Web site development.

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (593 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol : O'Reilly, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you're ready to use Closure to build rich web applications with JavaScript, this hands-on guide has precisely what you need to learn this suite of tools in depth. Closure makes it easy for experienced JavaScript developers to write and maintain large and complex codebases -- as Google has demonstrated by using Closure with Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps. Author and Closure contributor Michael Bolin has included numerous code examples and best practices, as well as valuable information not available publicly until now. You'll learn all about Closure's Library, Compiler, Te

Contents:

Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; My Experiences with Closure; Audience; ECMAScript Versus JavaScript; Using This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction to Closure; Tools Overview; Closure Library; Closure Templates; Closure Compiler; Closure Testing Framework; Closure Inspector; Closure Design Goals and Principles; Reducing Compiled Code Size Is Paramount; All Source Code Is Compiled Together; Managing Memory Matters; Make It Possible to Catch Errors at Compile Time

Code Must Work Without CompilationCode Must Be Browser-Agnostic; Built-in Types Should Not Be Modified; Code Must Work Across Frames; Tools Should Be Independent; Downloading and Installing the Tools; Closure Library and Closure Testing Framework; Closure Templates; Closure Compiler; Closure Inspector; Example: Hello World; Closure Library; Closure Templates; Closure Compiler; Closure Testing Framework; Closure Inspector; Chapter 2. Annotations for Closure JavaScript; JSDoc Tags; Type Expressions; Simple Types and Union Types; Function Types; Record Types; Special @param Types

Specifying optional parametersOptional parameters; Variable number of parameters; Subtypes and Type Conversion; The ALL Type; JSDoc Tags That Do Not Deal with Types; Constants; Deprecated Members; License and Copyright Information; Is All of This Really Necessary?; Chapter 3. Closure Library Primitives; Dependency Management; calcdeps.py; goog.global; Finer details of goog.global; COMPILED; goog.provide(namespace); Motivation behind goog.provide(); goog.require(namespace); goog.addDependency(relativePath, provides, requires); Function Currying; goog.partial(functionToCall, ...)

goog.bind(functionToCall, selfObject, ...)Exports; goog.getObjectByName(name, opt_object); goog.exportProperty(object, propertyName, value); goog.exportSymbol(publicPath, object, opt_objectToExportTo); Type Assertions; goog.typeOf(value); goog.isDef(value); goog.isNull(value); goog.isDefAndNotNull(value); goog.isArray(obj); goog.isArrayLike(obj); goog.isDateLike(obj); goog.isString(obj), goog.isBoolean(obj), goog.isNumber(obj); goog.isFunction(obj); goog.isObject(obj); Unique Identifiers; goog.getUid(obj); goog.removeUid(obj); Internationalization (i18n); goog.LOCALE

goog.getMsg(str, opt_values)Object Orientation; goog.inherits(childConstructorFunction, parentConstructorFunction); goog.base(self, opt_methodName, var_args); goog.nullFunction; goog.abstractMethod; goog.addSingletonGetter(constructorFunction); Additional Utilities; goog.DEBUG; goog.now(); goog.globalEval(script); goog.getCssName(className, opt_modifier), goog.setCssNameMapping(mapping); Chapter 4. Common Utilities; goog.string; goog.string.htmlEscape(str, opt_isLikelyToContainHtmlChars); goog.string.regExpEscape(str); goog.string.whitespaceEscape(str, opt_xml)

goog.string.compareVersions(version1, version2)

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 14, 2014).

ISBN:

9781449396954

144939695X

9781449397050

1449397050

OCLC:

780425303