Thanks for the suggestions :) <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Lucian Branescu <<a href="mailto:lucian.branescu@gmail.com">lucian.branescu@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><a href="http://www.jslint.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jslint.com/</a>, made by Crockford himself. There are others as well. 2009/7/24 Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>>: <div><div></div><div class="h5">> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 14:20, Lucian Branescu<<a href="mailto:lucian.branescu@gmail.com">lucian.branescu@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> Crockford doesn't like it because if you forget to put new for a class >> declaration that otherwise needs it, all the attributes in the class >> are set on the global namespace. Hence, dangerous to forget. >> >> He suggests using factory functions, that create and return objects instead. > > Are there static analysis tools such as pylint for JS? Might help > catching up these situations. > > Regards, > > Tomeu > >> Either way is fine, as long as your framework code is non-invasive. >> >> 2009/7/23 Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org">bryan@olenepal.org</a>>: >>> it is fine w/ me >>> >>> I can't remember exactly why crockford doesn't like it >>> >>> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 22:37 -0500, Felipe López Toledo wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I know, you've been playing around JS, maybe you have noticed about >>>> the *new* reserved word and its role. >>>> according to "Douglas Crockford, JavaScript: The Good Parts", "new" is >>>> dangerous (I'm agree) and the "Use of this style of constructor >>>> functions is not recommended". >>>> >>>> others, like "Jhon Resig, Pro JavaScript Techniques" just use it. >>>> >>>> I have found it's really normal to use "new" with JS (prototypal >>>> inheritance), so I'm using it. If someone wants me to change it. It's >>>> a really good moment to raise the hand. >>>> >>>> example: >>>> var p=new Point(1,2); >>>> >>>> also, the OOP style exists "getters" and "setters". >>>> var xval = p.getX( ) >>>> p.setX( 2 ); >>>> >>>> I prefer >>>> var xval = p.x; >>>> p.x = 2; >>>> >>>> jQuery works in the second way (or at least it's closer) >>>> >>>> felipe >>>> 2009/7/22 Felipe López Toledo <<a href="mailto:zer.subzero@gmail.com">zer.subzero@gmail.com</a>> >>>> working on >>>> >>>> I think you're going to present "karma", so I'm coding the >>>> plugin: >>>> jquery.karma.js >>>> >>>> >>>> 2009/7/22 Bryan Berry <<a href="mailto:bryan@olenepal.org">bryan@olenepal.org</a>> >>>> >>>> >>>> hey dude, what is the status? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bryan W. Berry >>>> Technology Director >>>> OLE Nepal, <a href="http://www.olenepal.org" target="_blank">http://www.olenepal.org</a> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Bryan W. Berry >>> Technology Director >>> OLE Nepal, <a href="http://www.olenepal.org" target="_blank">http://www.olenepal.org</a> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >>> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> >> > </div></div></blockquote></div>