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My current task is to do a refactoring sweep of our JavaScript. I’ve tried to introduce OO concepts into the JavaScript I’ve written, but there’s still a lot of functions all over the place. Developers have done the “copy-n-paste” approach to code reuse, and … well, it’s kind of ugly. I spent a half-day going through all the JS code I could find and came up with a plan of attack. I have a love-hate relationship with dynamic languages. There’s a lot of power there, but one little thing missing and you could end up going down a black hole of despair.
Speaking of JS refactoring … we tried to use one of Microsoft’s ASP.NET Ajax controls in our app, and it doesn’t work. The reason? Deep within their JS, they look at everything within this.prototype. Well … we have code that adds methods to Object and their code rudely bombs if anyone else dared to add things to that member. Oh, well …
Published: 05.03.2007 08:03:24 AM CST