Previously Eric Ongerth wrote: > I have heard that the more you try to make Javascript behave like > Python, the more you end up hating Javascript -- but that says nothing > about Javascript itself. Javascript is really a different language, > with different strengths. Perhaps the best plan is to use Javascript > for its strongest points (for example instant-turnkey use of JSON, > totally anonymous objects, function mutability, etc.) and do your more > Pythonic tasks in Python. Pylons makes it quite easy to leave as much > of your logic as you wish in your controllers and keep your client- > side view code very very thin. Especially if you use a lightweight, > concise JS framework like jQuery to help keep things readable and > organized. > > That still leaves the case of the programmer who says, "I want to keep > as much logic as possible on the client side to ease my server load, > but I hate Javascript". In that case I don't have any good advice.
Choose a new carreer :) > The claim that Javascript "become[s] quickly unreadable for even > medium-sized applications" really reflects only on the individual > programmer/developer and not on the language, honestly. Javascript > does not deserve to be compared to (e.g.) php, an unruly beast that > literally encourages a mess. Javascript is, at worst, neutral with > respect to organization; at best it embodies the heights of > abstraction, encapsulation, and readability. It's all up to you. A problem with javascript is that most people using it never get beyond writing tiny bits of code to perform a single effect on a page. With new frameworks making that even simpler that is even more true now than it was a few years ago. But once you get beyond that you will indeed see that javascript is a very nice and fun language. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is simple to make things. http://www.wiggy.net/ It is hard to make things simple. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
