Resources for writing modular libraries

[jywarren]

Hi all, I've been chatting with a bunch of people starting up self-contained modular libraries for their projects this summer, and think we could collect some great readings and guidance on this interesting and somewhat complicated topic. This is also in line with the new draft Roadmap!

I've been really helped by Nicolas Bevacqua's writing, and here's a cool overview piece on modular libraries in JavaScript: https://ponyfoo.com/articles/modular-design-thinking

Do other people have suggestions? @sagarpreet-chadha had some great input for @IshaGupta18 and @namangupta01 on MVC pros and cons, @Rishabh570 is doing a major MVC rewrite of community-toolbox, and @sidntrivedi012 is embarking on a new Spectral Workbench Capture library. @rexagod may also have some suggestions, I'd guess! Let's pool resources!

Maybe let's start compiling here!

[jywarren]

@ananya and @MargaretAN9 may also be interested here!

[jywarren]

And perhaps @publiclab/mentors !

[jywarren]

Also just noting this really great big PR which involves a lot of reorganizing along these lines: publiclab/simple-data-grapher#29

Great work @IshaGupta18 @namangupta01 @rexagod !

[rexagod]

Hey all! I think personally, these two books (mentioned below) were probably the best resources, not only for modules, but JS in general. Do check out Kyle's other books if you have the time, to be completely familiar with the gotchas, workarounds, and the internal precise workings. Also, completely agreeing with @jywarren on ponyfoo, a nice blog to follow!

https://github.com/getify/Functional-Light-JS
https://eloquentjavascript.net/

(and if anyone's up for some react, there's no place better than https://overreacted.io/ imo)

Also noting that this could be a great place for newcomers to catch up in no time! Thank you for opening this, @jywarren! 👍

[sashadev-sky]

I read the article you linked and it was very helpful! Should we add it to the Roadmap?