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  • M Marc Clifton

    Jeremy Falcon wrote:

    Marc man, what are you using for an IDE?

    I'm using Sublime. I suppose I could try VS Code, but then I have to figure out how to set it up to FTP saves over to the Ubuntu VM running the app. (Editing in Ubuntu sucks, one of many reasons being that the numeric keypad cursor keys don't work, and using the "T" is not something I ever got used to and cramps my fingers.) Marc

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    Jeremy Falcon
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    I use Sublime also. It supports syntax highlighting. You having a rough day? :laugh: You need a hug? I can code one up for ya in JavaScript.

    Jeremy Falcon

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      :^) oh man ... am i the only weirdo who likes coding in Javascript ?!?

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      Shuqian Ying
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      I am one that don't dislike javascript anymore, although I used to. In fact we just finished a quite complex system in which javascript plays a major role in both the server side and client side (see my signature) and it works quite well. As a matter of fact, I am feeling that the javascript codes we produced are more readable than the C# counter part (some of the equivalent logic were were realized in C# before) due to its functional style of representation

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      • M Marc Clifton

        raddevus wrote:

        I've had a single missing comma cost me over an hour.

        Same here. It took forever to actually realize it even wanted a comma. That was in my n00b days working with Backbone. Sort of trial by fire, was asked to implement a bunch of pages on existing project, never used Backbone before. Marc

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        raddevus
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        Marc Clifton wrote:

        It took forever to actually realize it even wanted a comma. That was in my n00b days working with...

        AngularJS (1.x) Exact same experience, just a different JS library. :) Hilarious!! and/or Terrible!! All for the lack of a decent compiler and good warnings.

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        • M Marc Clifton

          Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

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          Plamen Dragiyski
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          If that didn't make your half program red, you use the wrong IDE. In fact a simple editor that highlight keywords would detect that (Why is the "funtion" not highlighted?). When people used notepad (not notepad++) for programming they had all these problems with typos and semicolons. Those were difficult ancient times...

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            Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

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            Jan Hansen
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            Be mindful of the dark side...

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            • A Aless Alessio

              let's make an agreement, mate: you'll deal with my XAML and i ll take your javascript duties

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              Sander Rossel
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              How about you do my CSS and I'll fix whatever problems you have (car, marriage, kids, anything is more fixable than CSS) X|

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              • M Marc Clifton

                Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

                Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project! Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny

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                Sander Rossel
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                I once spend 15 minutes trying to write a simple Hello World in JavaScript. I had pretty much the same problem. Boy, do you feel stupid when you have years of experience and fail at Hello World :laugh: Luckily I now know the problem is JavaScript, not me :D I find JavaScript doable nowadays, but only when I don't have to deal with other people's code.

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                • M Marc Clifton

                  Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

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                  Kiriander
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                  Be glad that you hate it. A couple of my coworkers are full on Stockholm syndrome.

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                    Be glad that you hate it. A couple of my coworkers are full on Stockholm syndrome.

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                    kalberts
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                    That is curable ... Geek and Poke[^]

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                    • M Marc Clifton

                      Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

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                      Dar Brett 0
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                      If you think that's bad - you should try missing a semicolon after a class definition in C++

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                      • A Aless Alessio

                        :-D come ooooooooooooon With the relatively new "ECMA6", writing in Javascript is pretty much like writing in C# ECMAScript 6: New Features: Overview and Comparison[^]

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                        lindennerd1992
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                        goddam right! :thumbsup:

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                        • A Aless Alessio

                          :-D come ooooooooooooon With the relatively new "ECMA6", writing in Javascript is pretty much like writing in C# ECMAScript 6: New Features: Overview and Comparison[^]

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                          That's fine if you control the environment. If you're writing a website, it's going to be 10+ years before you can safely use those features without a "transpiler" to convert them back to ES5. And even then, you'll still have users on IE6 complaining that your site is broken. :rolleyes:


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                          • M Marc Clifton

                            Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

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                            sir_download_alot
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                            Yeah, Cobol was easier!

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                            • A Aless Alessio

                              :^) oh man ... am i the only weirdo who likes coding in Javascript ?!?

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                              ClockMeister
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                              Nope. Takes a little getting used to when you usually code in C# or something but it's just another language you can do some interesting things with.

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                                Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

                                Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project! Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny

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                                xtofl
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                                Really? No syntax hilighting? `function` is blue and `funtion` is grey. Or you're using the wrong editor. Otherwise, prepend this to all your javascript:

                                var funtion = function(){ throw new Error("you typed _funtion_ instead of _function_"); };
                                var x = funtion() {};

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                                  Took me 10 minutes to find the error: onProceed: funtion() { And of course, the only error I get is Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token { So of course I wonder, where did I have a mismatched curly brace??? Wrong wonderment. X| Marc

                                  Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project! Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny

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                                  loctrice
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                                  [joke] pro tip: don't program in notepad [/joke] Just use vscode[^]

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                                  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                                    That's fine if you control the environment. If you're writing a website, it's going to be 10+ years before you can safely use those features without a "transpiler" to convert them back to ES5. And even then, you'll still have users on IE6 complaining that your site is broken. :rolleyes:


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                                    Aless Alessio
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                                    That's the thing! If you look at this link ECMAScript 6 compatibility table[^] you ll see that almost every browser is now ECMA6 compatible. The only and only exception is IE. So, let's move those old IE aficionados to Edge then

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      Yes.

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                                      Herbie Mountjoy
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                                      There was a time when I frequently used Javascipt to knock of quick and dirty batches. Then along came powershell and I was reformed. Hallelujah!

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                                        That's the thing! If you look at this link ECMAScript 6 compatibility table[^] you ll see that almost every browser is now ECMA6 compatible. The only and only exception is IE. So, let's move those old IE aficionados to Edge then

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                                        Kirk 10389821
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                                        Edge has 2 use cases: 1) Downloading Chrome 2) Amazement that they made it so much faster while making it feel like it's just broke!

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                                        • A Aless Alessio

                                          :^) oh man ... am i the only weirdo who likes coding in Javascript ?!?

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                                          Leng Vang
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                                          My first encountered with duct-typing, I though was bad idea. Now switching back to code in C#, I actually miss the duct-type and the ability of adding property on the go as in JavaScript. No you are not the only weirdo.

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