JavaScript is Awesome!ALSO… IT’S KINDA STRANGE AND GENERALLY VERY SCARY

The WAT talk

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Ok… so JavaScript is a little strange

Then I found this talk: Stop Using Native HTML5! by Kyle Simpson (search it on YouTube)

Here are the good parts

FacadesWrap native HTML5 APIs in a light Facade

Example-driven development

WRAP ALL THE THINGS!

H5ive on GitHub

But then it got me thinking…What else could we wrap?

Wrap everythingjQuery Ajax

Wrap a server accessor around ajax Workspeed created a Ajax Queue Manager that does exactly this

Make a better wrapper around browser storage Workspeed made a wrapper called Adirondack Like this? storage.save({key: value}, somefunctioncallback)

Use example-driven development How do you want to write code? Write it that way and then back-fill a Facade wrapper