Hi Jeremy,
thank you for your explanation, this helped me a lot. I also figured it
could correlate with TWC but thought there might be some performance
reasons for choosing the HTML method over JSON.
I will keep digging into TiddlyWiki and look forward to learn more about
JavaScript so one day I can do something with my knowlege :)
Cheers
Tristan
Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2016 15:49:27 UTC+2 schrieb Jeremy Ruston:
>
> Hi Tristan
>
> I got a little deeper look into TiddlyWiki and came to wonder why the
> storage of Tiddlers is implemented the way it is. As I understand it every
> Tiddler is a single <div> which are all stored in the "Tiddler Area". But
> since every Tiddler is a object with its own properties ("created",
> "author", etc.), wouldn't it be a logic decision to keep them as JavaScript
> objects and store everything as a big JSON string in the storage area so we
> do not need to parse it back again?
>
>
> The serialisation format of tiddlers with the standalone HTML file is
> indeed as a bunch of DIVs with custom attributes. The origin of the format
> was TiddlyWiki Classic back in 2004 (before JSON was discovered).
> Technically, it would be quite easy to change the format to something else,
> but in general we don’t see sufficient payback to make it worth the effort,
> and the inevitable backwards compatibility problems it would cause.
>
> Having said that, using HTML as the basis for the serialisation format
> does provide some interoperability with HTML/XML tooling, which is also
> sometimes useful.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> My only clue is that there are some performance thoughts which I (with my
> limited JavaScript skills) do not get. Any hint or link would be very much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks guys
> Tristan
>
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