Subj : Re: Javascript for dummies like me
To : Sys64738
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon Dec 13 2021 06:20 pm
On 12/7/21 08:03, Sys64738 wrote:
>> I use notepad++ on Windows and vim or geany on Linux. The editor
>> doesn't have to recognize an object/method/property for you to
>> use it.
>
> I started out just using plain notepad. Since this is all new to me,
> I thought that I might benefit from the hints/debugging features from
> an editor.
>
> However, it seems that programming has become less uniform and less
> certain since the years when I was most involved (80's-90's). The
> paved roads of years past seem to have not been maintained and people
> often find themselves cutting their own path to get to where they want
> to go.
>
> In your opinion, would that be an accurate assessment?
I would use at least Notepad++ or another more feature-rich text editor
over plain notepad...
JS is pretty feature rich and the module syntax is pretty solid. For
better or worse, a lot of the work in Synchronet predates the changes
towards ES5 and ES6/ES2015 by a few years. Including a few bits that
were done differently in the SpiderMonkey engine used vs. what became
the standard. Like for-each and getter/setter syntax, which are widely
used in Synchronet scripts.
A lot of the object model naming and mapping are close to 1:1 to the
underlying C libraries in Synchronet... so it will feel a little alien
in places, compared to modern JS tooling. Event Enigma 1/2 has some
rough edges and is on a much newer JS platform, but not nearly as
feature rich as Synchronet.
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