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Node.js Design Patterns

You're reading from   Node.js Design Patterns Design and implement production-grade Node.js applications using proven patterns and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214110
Length 664 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Luciano Mammino Luciano Mammino
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Mario Casciaro Mario Casciaro
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Node.js Platform 2. The Module System FREE CHAPTER 3. Callbacks and Events 4. Asynchronous Control Flow Patterns with Callbacks 5. Asynchronous Control Flow Patterns with Promises and Async/Await 6. Coding with Streams 7. Creational Design Patterns 8. Structural Design Patterns 9. Behavioral Design Patterns 10. Universal JavaScript for Web Applications 11. Advanced Recipes 12. Scalability and Architectural Patterns 13. Messaging and Integration Patterns 14. Other Books You May Enjoy
15. Index

Builder

Builder is a creational design pattern that simplifies the creation of complex objects by providing a fluent interface, which allows us to build the object step by step. This greatly improves the readability and the general developer experience when creating such complex objects.

The most apparent situation in which we could benefit from the Builder pattern is a class with a constructor that has a long list of arguments, or takes many complex parameters as input. Usually, these kinds of classes require so many parameters in advance because all of them are necessary to build an instance that is complete and in a consistent state, so it's necessary to take this into account when considering potential solutions.

So, let's see the general structure of the pattern. Imagine having a Boat class with a constructor such as the following:

class Boat {
  constructor (hasMotor, motorCount, motorBrand, motorModel,
               hasSails, sailsCount, sailsMaterial...
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