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 '''PRE-MEETING FOR THE SEMINAR ANNOUNCED: Feb 2. 16:00-17:00 meet in front of the seminar room '''


''Write better code''

== Description ==

Participating students will research and prepare presentation about ways to structure computer code in an efficient way that can be shared, re-used and maintained by others. Students will research the literature on some of the most (and less so)  known coding patterns and anti-patterns and will present their finding to the class using an existing code base found on github and demonstrate the potential for code optimization. They summarize their findings in a seminar thesis.

In this seminar you will be asked to look at existing javascript code, understand its functionality, identify its weaknesses and refactor the code using one of the design patterns we are covering. Please note that I expect you to search for existing javascript code on GitHub[1] (trying to refactor your own code is not acceptable). 

=== Tips for presentation ===

'''Note that each session will include one 30 minutes presentation by each student.''' 

# give an overview of the topic you chose to present
# give an introduction describing the project you are re-factoring/optimizing
# a through code critique should identify the strength and weaknesses of the code. 
# suggest an improvment using a JS pattern you think is suitable.
# be ready to defend your choice, while a JS pattern may seem a good fit there are always some tradeoffs. 

'''NOTE''' you should only use the patterns that are available to you from the topic you chose. If you chose Functional patterns then Object creation patterns are not relevant to your project. Keep this in mind when searching for a project to refactor on GitHub.



[1] https://github.com

== Learning outcome ==

In the end students know about common patterns and anti-patterns, they can communicate sophisticated technological matters to their peers and they can summarize this in a written report.

== Important Dates ==

Feb 2. 16:00-17:00: Seminar pre-meeting. 

TBD - presentations due. 

Seminar Dates: March 16 - March 20

Seminar Times: 12:00 - 13:45 
 
Room: Rostlab seminar room I12

== Presentation Schedule ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Date
| Time
! Topic
! Assigned to
|-
| March 16
| 12:00
| Design patterns and antipattterns and their importance in software maintainability and sustainability
| 
|-
| March 16
| 13:00
| General patterns
| 
|-
| March 17
| 12:00
| Literals and Constructors Patterns
| 
|-
| March 17
| 13:00
| Design patterns
| 
|-
| March 18
| 12:00
| Functional patterns
| 
|-
| March 19
| 13:00
| Object Creation Patterns
| 
|-
| March 19
| 12:00
| Code Reuse Patterns
| 
|-
| March 19
| 13:00
| jQeury specific patterns
| 
|-
| March 20
| 12:00
| jQuery Plugin Patterns
| 
|-
| March 20
| 13:00
| 
| 
|}

==  References ==

# '''(Highly recommended:)''' JavaScript: The Good Parts http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do
# http://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns
# http://www.jspatterns.com
#The Essentials of Writing High Quality JavaScript http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/the-essentials-of-writing-high-quality-javascript/
# JSPatterns http://www.jspatterns.com/
# jQuery Anti-Patterns for Performance & Compression http://paulirish.com/2009/perf/
# How DRY Affects JavaScript Performance http://velocityconf.com/velocityeu/public/schedule/detail/21634
# Object Oriented JavaScript http://www.packtpub.com/object-oriented-javascript/book
# JavaScript Patterns http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596806767.do
# Pro JavaScript Design Patterns http://jsdesignpatterns.com/
# Essential JavaScript Design Patterns For Beginners, Volume 1. http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/
# Eloquent JavaScript http://eloquentjavascript.net/
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-pattern#Programming
# http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CodeSmell
# JavaScript Garden  - the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language https://github.com/BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden/tree/master/doc/en
# '' RECOMMENDED VIDEO '' http://www.paulirish.com/2010/10-things-i-learned-from-the-jquery-source/