Web Development Workflow

Javascript Development Workflow of 2013

• Video: Javascript Development Workflow of 2013 by Paul Irish (PDF)
  • A Baseline for Front-End Developers
  • Shell:
    • Shell customizations: http://dotfiles.github.io/
    • Faves: z script (for jumping), server alias
  • Editor:
    • learn it well, most important
    • Code linting is your first unit test.
  • Realtime Feedback
    • live linting
    • live recompilation
    • live reload
  • Javascript
    • Modules / Dependency management
      • AMD modules
      • CommonJS modules
      • ECMAScript Harmony modules
      • Minispade require (ember.js example)
    • Tricks:
      • Template precompilation - into functions in a build step and ship the compiled templates.
      • Custom build output based on build-time forks. (require.js optimizier)
      • More module magic from Alex Sexton
• JavaScript Tooling JSConf. April 2nd. Paul Irish.
• Optimize Your Workflow: JavaScript Tools and Libraries
• Yeoman – Level-up Your Daily Workflow
  • Yeoman with Addy Osmani