We need to remember that participants in this group are not representative
of the general population of users. One reasonable estimate is that only
10% of users have ever participated in a forum or group. None of my failed
Tiddlywiki users even considered consulting the group. My guess is that the
number of C/C++ users is a tiny fraction of that. To say that the barriers
to JS development are low for those familiar with C-like languages is
closer to true for super-hackers than for the typical user or even the
typical power user.
Part of the difficulty is that Tiddlywiki has special restrictions on the
use of Javascript that mean a lot of the Cut & Paste javascripts out there
simply won't work with Tiddlywiki. A nice tutorial for working around those
differences is almost essential.
And much as I hate to say it, Tiddlywiki is a dreadful Javascript
development environment. I have long since lost count on how many Red
Pop-ups of Death I've seen. Some of them simply mean the javascript won't
work... typically ones with a mismatch of {}s... while others seem to lock
Tiddlywiki up... typically typos on variable names. I reflexively import
the bad code into empty wikis, import the code from the failed wiki and
edit before saving. So I would like to see recommendations for Javascript
development environments... jsfiddle, Aptana, Firebug, whatever... with
some notes on how to work around the Tiddlywiki special requirements and
peculiarities.
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