Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To   : Sys64738
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Dec 09 2021 09:03 am

 Re: Javascript for dummies like me
 By: Sys64738 to Digital Man on Wed Dec 08 2021 11:37 pm

Sy> No doubt, the tools are far better. However, there doesn't seem to be as
Sy> much consistency in the syntax of the programming languages that I've
Sy> observed. Such as with "console.print" as an example. I'm not
Sy> understanding why that command wouldn't be universal and a common command
Sy> within JavaScript.

In that case, it's mainly that Synchronet has defined its own custom JavaScript interface.  It's possible to embed JavaScript into C/C++ projects (and projects using other languages) and define your own custom JavaScript API for your scripting needs.  Doing so actually allows you a lot of flexibility.

The console object defined in Synchronet's JS API might have fairly different requirements than for other contexts.  When developing JS for a web browser, there is a 'console' object, but that's a totally different thing.  The JS console object for Synchronet is for the text-based interface that the user is logged into when using telnet, RLogin, SSH, etc., whereas the web console object in JS is for the web browser's debugging console.  I don't think it would really make sense for Synchronet to share the same console object as a web browser.

Nightfox

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