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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