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Mastering JavaScript Design Patterns

You're reading from   Mastering JavaScript Design Patterns Discover how to use JavaScript design patterns to create powerful applications with reliable and maintainable code

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783987986
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chapter 4. Structural Patterns

In the previous chapter, we looked at a number of ways to create objects in order to optimize, for reuse. In this chapter, we'll take a look at structural patterns; these are patterns that are concerned with easing the design by describing simple ways in which objects can interact.

Again, we will limit ourselves to the patterns described in the GoF book. There are a number of other interesting structural patterns that have been identified since the publication of the GoF, and we'll look at those in Part 2 of the book.

The patterns we'll examine in this chapter are:

  • Adapter
  • Bridge
  • Composite
  • Decorator
  • Façade
  • Flyweight
  • Proxy

Once again, we'll discuss if the patterns that were described years ago are still relevant for a different language and a different time.

Adapter

From time to time, we will need to fit a round peg in a square hole. If you've ever played with a child's shape sorting toy, then you may have discovered that you...

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