Archive for the ‘Javascript’ Category

Layers – Layered Architecture for node.js made easy

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

In my previous post A Layered Node.js Architecture using Express I wrote on the benefits of using a layered architecture and how to implement one in a node.js web app. This post goes one step further by introducing Layers, a module which will help automatically load and neatly setup the ...

A Layered Node.js Architecture using Express

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Using layers in your app is a good way to ensure separation of concerns. This post is not an in-depth description to this architecture pattern but more a quick description of each layer's purpose and how I've implemented them in node using express. For the impatient, you can peruse the code ...

Maximizing Javascript Minimization and Readability

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

By using a combination of the YUI Compressor and the Revealing Module Pattern you can maximise the effect of minimisation and, as a bonus, improve code readability. The YUI Compressor renames local variable names and references to a single character. It can do this as it knows these variables cannot be ...