Books by Addy Osmani

If you want to build your sites frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. Youll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbones own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.Start with the basics of MVC, SPA, and Backbone, then get your hands dirty building sample applicationsa simple Todo list app, a RESTful book library app, and a modular app with Backbone and RequireJS. Author Addy Osmani, an engineer for Googles Chrome team, also demonstrates advanced uses of the framework.Learn how Backbone.js brings MVC benefits to the client-sideWrite code that can be easily read, structured, and extendedWork with the Backbone.Marionette and Thorax extension frameworksSolve common problems youll encounter when using Backbone.jsOrganize your code into modules with AMD and RequireJSPaginate data for your Collections with the Backbone.Paginator pluginBootstrap a new Backbone.js application with boilerplate codeUse Backbone with jQuery Mobile and resolve routing problems between the twoUnit-test your Backbone apps with Jasmine, QUnit, and SinonJS

With Learning JavaScript Design Patterns, youll learn how to write beautiful, structured, and maintainable JavaScript by applying classical and modern design patterns to the language. If you want to keep your code efficient, more manageable, and up-to-date with the latest best practices, this book is for you.Explore many popular design patterns, including Modules, Observers, Facades, and Mediators. Learn how modern architectural patternssuch as MVC, MVP, and MVVMare useful from the perspective of a modern web application developer. This book also walks experienced JavaScript developers through modern module formats, how to namespace code effectively, and other essential topics.Learn the structure of design patterns and how they are writtenUnderstand different pattern categories, including creational, structural, and behavioralWalk through more than 20 classical and modern design patterns in JavaScriptUse several options for writing modular codeincluding the Module pattern, Asyncronous Module Definition (AMD), and CommonJSDiscover design patterns implemented in the jQuery libraryLearn popular design patterns for writing maintainable jQuery plug-ins"e;This book should be in every JavaScript developers hands. Its the go-to book on JavaScript patterns that will be read and referenced many times in the future."e;Andre Hansson, Lead Front-End Developer, presis!