JavaScript Clean Code Course – Fix Code Smells & Refactor
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Systems Design Basics70%
Key Takeaways
This video course by freeCodeCamp.org covers clean code principles in JavaScript, using tools like ESLint and Prettier to refactor and improve code quality.
Original Description
Learn how to transform messy, hard-to-maintain JavaScript code into clean, readable, and professional-quality code that scales. In this course from @tapasadhikary you’ll understand what Code Smell is, why it matters, and how to refactor step-by-step using proven clean code principles, real examples, and modern tooling like ESLint + Prettier.
⭐️ Important Links ⭐️
- Source Code and Tasks: https://github.com/tapascript/code-smell-to-clean-code
- Prettier: https://prettier.io/docs/
- ESLint: https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/getting-started
- Clean Code Book: Search Clean Code Book by Robert C Martin
- Martin Fowler Blog: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html
- Clean Code Cheatsheet: https://www.tapascript.io/books/js-clean-code
- Join Tapas' Discord: https://discord.gg/ux9BchWEW3
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❤️ Support for this channel comes from our friends at Scrimba – the coding platform that's reinvented interactive learning: https://scrimba.com/freecodecamp
⭐️ Contents ⭐️
- 0:00:00 Intro
- 0:01:34 Agenda
- 0:03:55 Why Clean Code Matters?
- 0:04:58 Learning Objectives
- 0:06:38 SDLC & Coding Phase
- 0:09:02 What is Code Smell?
- 0:13:01 Why Code Smell is Bad?
- 0:16:20 What is Clean Code?
- 0:17:59 How to Detect Code Smells?
- 0:21:36 Common Code Smells
- 0:24:03 Formatting & Readability
- 0:27:03 Naming & Structure
- 0:29:29 Code Complexity
- 0:31:42 Logic & Maintainability
- 0:33:19 Design & Architecture
- 0:34:27 Error Handling & Resilience
- 0:34:56 Performance & Efficiency
- 0:36:32 Refactoring
- 0:49:57 Tools
- 0:59:20 Best Practices
- 1:00:41 Further Resources
- 1:01:46 Tasks & Ending
🎉 Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
👾 Drake Milly
👾 Ulises Moralez
👾 Goddard Tan
👾 David MG
👾 Matthew
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