Episode 6 - More Code Examples

• Drawing from Chapter 7 - Encapsulation

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Encapsulate Record (162)

var organization = { name: "JP Sio", country: "USA" }; 

becomes ⬇️

class Organization { constructor(data) { this._name = data.name; this._country = data.country; } get name() { return this._name; } set name(arg) { this._name = arg; } get country() { return this._country; } set country(arg) { this._country = arg; } } 

• you can hide what is stored and provide methods
• consumer of class Organization doesn't need to know / care which is stored and which is calculated
• nice getter and setter methods
• makes it easier to refactor -> can hide implementation of internals and update the internals while keeping the same external interface

Encapsulate Collection (170)

class Person { get courses() { return this._courses; } set courses(aList) { this._courses = aList; } } 

becomes ⬇️

class Person { get courses() { return this._courses.slice(); } addCourse(aCourse) { /*...*/ } } 

• slice() is key here, does not modify the original array - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/slice
• common approach is to provide a getting method for the collection to return a copy
• basically, never mutate the original

Replace Primative with Object (174)

orders.filter(0 => "high" === o.priority || "rush" === o.priority) 

becomes ⬇️

orders.filter(o => o.priority.higherThan(new Priority("normal"))); 

• this goes back to "Primitive Obsession"

• programmers are often hesitant to create their own types and rely only on primitives. i.e. representing a phone number as a string instead of as it's own type

A telephone number may be represented as a string for a while, but later it will need special behavior for formatting, extracting the area code, and the like

• create a new class for that bit of data
• at first, the class does very little. in fact it probably only wraps a primitive
• but now you have a place to put behavior specific to its needs

Inline Function (115) 🥴

Sometimes it's better to not try to split things apart, sometimes it just complicates things.

// before refactor: function getItemPrice(item) { if (itemOnSale(item) == true) { return item.price - 5 } else { return item.price } }; function itemOnSale(product) { if (product.onSale == true) { return true; } else { return false; } }; let original = getItemPrice(sweatshirt); // after refactor: function newGetItemPrice(item) { if (item.onSale == true) { return item.price - 5 } else { return item.price } }; 

Extract Class (182) 🥴

• Talk through HUGE applicant model (in Ruby)
• Broke this into child objects
  • Applicant Health History
  • Applicant Habits
  • Applicant Lifestyle
  • Applicant Method
  • Applicant Legal Release

Picks

• JP: None :(
• John: Quad Lock phone mount - bikes