Hudson, A: Smashing CoffeeScript

Design 93Classes and Inheritance 94What Does It Mean To Be Object-Oriented? 94Functions Versus Objects to Encapsulate 95Extending Classes 97Making Classes Substitutable 100Using this. in Coff eeScript 101Private and Protected Members 102Mixins and Interfaces 102Summary 103PART II: COFFEESCRIPT PROJECTS 105Chapter 6: Using Javascript Libraries 107Easy Calling Conventions: Don't Th row Away that Existing Code! 108Calling JavaScript from Coff eeScript 108Calling Coff eeScript from JavaScript 110Using CommonJS Modules 111Using Extends on Existing Classes 113Not All Objects Are Created Equal 113Writing Javascript Libraries in Coff eeScript 114Providing a Natural Interface 114Documenting Code 115Mixing Javascript--When Absolutely Required 117Summary 119Chapter 7: Testing with Jasmine 121Introducing Jasmine 122Setting Up a Spec Area to Run Jasmine Tests 122Writing Jasmine Tests 123Spying with Jasmine 124Behavior-Driven Development: What Is a Good Test? 126Testing Inside the Browser 127Conventions for Testing the UI 131Driving jQuery 132Fixtures 133Summary 134Chapter 8: Debugging CoffeeScript 135Writing Reliable Software 136Reading and Debugging CoffeeScript and JavaScript 136Using Firebug 139Using AceBug 142Building Source Maps 143Introducing CoffeeScript Redux 144Using CoffeeScript Redux 145Using Source Maps 146Summary 150Chapter 9: Building Resources with cake and hem 151Tasks and the Cakefile 152Starting with cake 152Thinking about Project Directory Layout 153Tests from cake 154Compile Source into Single Files for Production Deployment 155hem for Further Minification 156Using Standardized Locations 157Summary 158PART III: COFFEESCRIPT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 159Chapter 10: Writing Applications with Spine 161Introducing Spine 162Creating a New Spine Application 163Building the Application 169Preparing the Ground 170Removing jQueryify 171Styling an Application with Stylus 172Working with Stylus 172Taking a Deeper Look at Stylus Features 174Spine's Default Styls 177Starting with Controllers 180Testing Controllers 181Controlling the Page 182Adding Controllers 185Stacking Controllers 186Viewing the Results 188Using (j)Eco Templates 188Data Binding 190Modelling Client-Side Data 193Creating a Spine Model 193Working with Models 195Triggering Model Events 196Validating Models 198Editing Model Data 199Storing Data on the Server 202Summary 204Chapter 11: Writing jQuery Plug-ins 205Anatomy of a jQuery Plug-in 206Creating a Skeleton Plug-in 206Writing a Classful Plug-in 209Handling Events and Behavior 211Attaching the Plug-in to jQuery 213Inheriting from an Existing Plug-in 214jQuery UI 215Using Widgets Instead of Plug-ins 215Writing a Tagging Component 218Bridging the Divide 222Summary 225Chapter 12: Mobile Coff eeScript Applications 227Understanding Mobile First Principles 228jQuery and Mobile Applications 229Spine.mobile 230Creating an e-Commerce Shop 234Providing a Product Listing 238Bringing in jQuery Mobile 243Jumping and History 250Summary 254PART IV: ADVANCED COFFEESCRIPT 255Chapter 13: Data Bindings and Form Elements 257One-Way Bindings onto Form Views 258A Simple Binding Interface 258Setting Form Data 260Two-Way Bindings 261The Infamous "Getter Setter" Pattern 262Implicit Getter/Setter 264Observing Changes 265Dynamic Form Building 268Form as Model, View, and Controller 270Summary 270Chapter 14: Server-Side CoffeeScript 271Putting Coff ee in the Server 272Node.js and Coff eeScript 272Writing a Simple Server 273Using MongoDB 273Architecting with MVC 274Introducing Express.js 275Responding to Client Requests 279Rendering Views 280Controlling Responses 281Securing the Application 287Summary 290Chapter 15: Real-Time Web with socket.io 291Defi ning Real-Time Applications 292Polling the Server for Data 292Comet for Lightweight Polling 293Server-Side Events and Web Sockets 293Doing Micro-Blogging in Real Time 294Integrating Static and Real-Time Data 296Rendering on the Client Side 296Reusing Server-Side Code on the Client 298Sharing Templates 298Sharing Models 299Dealing with Callback Pyramids 299Real-Time Collaboration within a Single App 301Operational Transformation 302Separating Input from Operation 302Building a Meeting Whiteboard App 303Modeling Information According to OT 306Serving Simple socket.io Information 307Handling Remote Updates 308Summary 311Index 313