• Take advantage of JavaScript's functional and dynamic nature
• Understand lexical scope and closure
• Unit test JavaScript code
• Write object-oriented code
• Avoid (few) JavaScript quirks and common pitfalls
• Apply asynchronous and event-driven patterns
• Use behaviors and stay unobtrusive

Day 1:

Introduction to unit testing (Jasmine)

JSLint (will hurt your feelings)

Objects

• object literals
• default & guard operators
• updating properties & property attributes (eval/firebug gotcha)
• prototype
• property enumeration
• delete operator

Functions

• function object
• declaration hoisting
• literal
• arguments
• invocation (4 ways)
• return
• recursion

Arrays

• array literals
• length & delete
• for vs. for in
• arrays vs. associative arrays
• augmenting array prototype
• multidimensional arrays

Day 2:

Functions

• lexical scope
• closure
• revealing module pattern
• bind
• Global namespace pollution detection

Unit testing asynchronous code

OOP

• inheritance (pseudoclassical, prototypal, functional)
• mixins
• overriding & super()

Day 3:

Asynchronous programming patterns

• callback (asynchronous method)
• promise/future (deferrable value)
• observable

Functions

• a few functional programming patterns (chaining, curry, memorization)
• throttling
• funneling

Advanced unit testing

• test doubles (stubs, mocks, fake objects)
• dom

How does this all fit together (a component based micro-architecture featuring IOC, services & behaviors) - a small primer

Tools