I know you have a reason to learn javascript in particular, but I recommend looking at CoffeeScript as well. It's the better javascript :).
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got to learn javascript in order to read the MooTools sources :-) > > Some first steps. > > The MooTools sources are minimized, but not obfuscated. Googling for > "reformat JavaScript" took me to: > > http://jsbeautifier.org/ > > I imported the result into Leo. The importer needs more than a tad of > work, but I was impatient, so I reformatted by hand. > > Semicolons confused me, so I googled "javascript semicolon".: > > http://mislav.uniqpath.com/2010/05/semicolons/ > > So now some confusion has been eliminated. > > From within the above article, I found a link to "the module pattern", > > http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2007/06/12/module-pattern/ > > Here is an important excerpt: > > QQQ > 2. Assign the return value of an anonymous function to your namespace > object: > > YAHOO.myProject.myModule = function () { > > return { > myPublicProperty: "I'm accessible as > YAHOO.myProject.myModule.myPublicProperty.", > myPublicMethod: function () { > YAHOO.log("I'm accessible as > YAHOO.myProject.myModule.myPublicMethod."); > } > }; > > }(); // the parens here cause the anonymous function to execute and > return > > Note the very last line with the closing curly brace and then the > parentheses (). This notation causes the anonymous function to execute > immediately, returning the object containing myPublicProperty and > myPublicMethod. As soon as the anonymous function returns, that > returned object is addressable as YAHOO.myProject.myModule. > QQQ > > Ah. Now I understand why the function can have no name, what similar > code is doing, and why it *might* be a good idea to end the last line > with a semicolon ;-) > > I'm still amazed that anyone can write software with a language like > this, but now I have an inkling about how it might happen. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
