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Clean Code in JavaScript

You're reading from  Clean Code in JavaScript

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789957648
Pages 548 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
James Padolsey James Padolsey
Profile icon James Padolsey

Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: What is Clean Code Anyway?
2. Setting the Scene 3. The Tenets of Clean Code 4. The Enemies of Clean Code 5. SOLID and Other Principles 6. Naming Things Is Hard 7. Section 2: JavaScript and Its Bits
8. Primitive and Built-In Types 9. Dynamic Typing 10. Operators 11. Parts of Syntax and Scope 12. Control Flow 13. Section 3: Crafting Abstractions
14. Design Patterns 15. Real-World Challenges 16. Section 4: Testing and Tooling
17. The Landscape of Testing 18. Writing Clean Tests 19. Tools for Cleaner Code 20. Section 5: Collaboration and Making Changes
21. Documenting Your Code 22. Other Peoples' Code 23. Communication and Advocacy 24. Case Study 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Other operators and syntax

There are a few remaining operators and pieces of syntax that we have yet to explore and that don't fall into any other operator category:

  • The delete operator: delete VALUE
  • The void operator: void VALUE
  • The new operator: new VALUE
  • Spread syntax: ... VALUE
  • Grouping: (VALUE)
  • The comma operator: VALUE, VALUE, ...

The delete operator

The delete operator can be used to remove properties from objects, as such its only operand usually takes the form of a property accessor, like so:

delete object.property;
delete object[property];

Only properties that are deemed configurable can be deleted in this manner. All properties added conventionally are, by default, configurable and can, therefore, be deleted...

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