Makersquare Obscure Javascript Terminology

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=>

a.k.a. "fat arrow"

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ES6 feature taken from coffeescript.

"var coolFunction =
x => x * x;"
is the same as

"var coolFunction =
function(x) {return x * x}.bind(this);"

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isomorphic javascript

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JavaScript application written in a way that shares client-side and server-side code.

A huge benefit of isomorphic JavaScript is that it can render a page that requires JavaScript code on the server and serve it up to the client much faster.

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EcmaScript 2015

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The official name for ES6, because after ES6 Ecma will publish new versions of EcmaScript every year. ES7 will be ES 2016.

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Rendr

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A JavaScript library which makes Backbone.js apps isomorphic.

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End-to-end testing

a.k.a. E2E

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A design technique in which you test an entire user session spanning multiple pages.

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Antipattern

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A design pattern which is ultimately counterproductive.

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ORM

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Object Relational Mapping. A type of service which acts as a mediator between the front-end developer and the database, providing a friendlier interface than direct database queries.

Some ORMs can even extend the functionality of the database.

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three.js

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A JavaScript library which provides an API for making WebGL (3D rendering in the browser which directly connects to the users' video card).

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asm.js

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A compiler which translates C or C++ code into JavaScript in an intelligent way which often results in faster code than the same functionality written in vanilla JS.

Created by Mozilla.

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TSC

a.k.a. TypeScript

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A "typed superset of JavaScript" which compiles to JavaScript, like CoffeeScript.

TypeScript allows coders to define the type of a variable and throw an error if it is accidentally set to a value of a different type.