Software Tools in JavaScript: Terms

2021-01-19

I still have 48 figures to draw for Software Tools in JavaScript, but to follow up on this post about its topics and this post about using glossaries to summarize lesson content, here’s a list of the terms defined in each chapter. What I want to build (or find) next is a tool that will take data like this, find related uses (“glob” for “globbing”, “method chain” for “method chaining”, etc.), and tell me if I’m using ideas before explaining them. I don’t want to have to list all possible synonyms by hand, any more than I want to have to list all the functions that a module calls. Instead, what I want for lesson maintenance is something that will tell me when I’ve broken something up by adding, cutting, or moving material.

Systems Programming
anonymous function	asynchronous	Boolean
callback	cognitive load	command-line argument
console	current working directory	destructuring assignment
edge case	filesystem	filter
globbing	idiomatic	log message
path	promise	protocol
scope	single-threaded	string interpolation
Asynchronous Programming
call stack	character encoding	class
constructor	event loop	exception
method	method chaining	non-blocking execution
promisification	UTF-8
Unit Testing
actual result	assertion	caching
defensive programming	design pattern	dynamic loading
error (test)	exception handler	expected result
exploratory programming	fail (test)	fixture
global variable	introspection	lifecycle
pass (test)	side effect	Singleton pattern
test runner	throw exception	unit test
File Backup
collision	cryptographic hash function	csv
handler	hash code	hash function
JSON	mock object	pipe
race condition	stream	timestamp
time of check/time of use	UTC	version control system
Data Tables
column major	data frame	garbage collection
heterogeneous	homogeneous	immutable
row major	SQL	tagged data
test harness
Pattern Matching
base class	Chain of Responsibility pattern	depth-first search
derived class	greedy algorithm	query selector
regular expression	test-driven development
Parsing Expressions
literal	precedence	token
well-formed	YAML
Page Templates
bare object	DOM	dynamic scoping
environment	lexical scoping	stack frame
Visitor pattern
Build Manager
automatic variable	build manager	build recipe
build rule	build stale	build target
compiled language	cycle	directed acyclic graph
dependency	driver	interpreted language
link	pattern rule	runnable documentation
Template Method pattern	topological order
Layout Engine
attribute	cache	confirmation bias
coupling	DOM selector	easy mode
layout engine	function signature
File Interpolator
header file	loader	sandbox
search path	shell variable
Module Loader
absolute path	alias	circular dependency
closure	directed graph	encapsulate
immediately-invoked function expression	namespace	plugin architecture
Style Checker
abstract syntax tree	dynamic lookup	generator function
iterator pattern	linter	Markdown
walk (tree)
Code Generator
byte code	code coverage	Decorator pattern
macro	nested function
Documentation Generator
accumulator	block comment	doc comment
line comment	slug
Module Bundler
entry point	module bundler	transitive closure
Package Manager
backward-compatible	combinatorial explosion	heuristic
manifest	patch	prune
SAT solver	semantic versioning
Virtual Machine
Application Binary Interface	assembler	assembly code
bitwise operation	compiler	instruction pointer
instruction set	label address	op code
register	virtual machine	word (memory)
Debugger
breakpoint	source map