[Info-vax] [OT] The wonders of Javascript...

[Tom Adams]

On Monday, March 2, 2015 at 9:02:52 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2015-03-02, Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/2/2015 4:28 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> >>
> >> Good point. A better description would be an undefined variable error.
> >>
> >
> > A SSCCE is always good but your moaning implies a couple of lines posted 
> > here could reproduce it?
> >
> > While Javascript certainly has its share of issues I (and a big slice of 
> > the development world) love it!!! And the debugging available today on 
> > FireFox, Chrome, Opera and even IE is soooo good you'd have to be pretty 
> > damn thick to not trap a simple bug such as you suggest. Sure 
> > phone/mobile emulation is not quite there yet but is getting better 
> > every release. And turning CSS attributes on/off at will - outstanding.
> >
> 
> First off, Javascript development is still a new area for me.
> 
> Second, when developing a Firefox addon, and are debugging the Javascript
> code driving the addon, you have access to the cfx log and the Firefox
> Error Console log. Neither of these showed what the problem was but it
> didn't take me too long to work out what was going on.
> 
> > Tell you what, why don't you get VSI to bring out DECForms 3. People 
> > like you and Phillip and Brian long for the good ol' DECWindows days, 
> > why not an IFDL capable browser??? Remember those wondrous debugging 
> > capabilities? "You are on the left side of the equation." :-(
> >
> 
> Please don't bundle me in with Phillip. :-)
> 
> In case you haven't been paying attention, I'm the one wanting all the
> new DCL/filesystem/other features which would bring VMS up to a level
> comparable to other environments.
> 
> Oh, and the last time I used a GUI browser _on_ VMS was over a decade
> ago and I only use Lynx _very_ rarely for some quick network/system
> availability testing.
> 
> Simon.
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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I have been using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to convert Java to Javascript for deployment of my web site that helps one pick the best entry sheet for the NCAA pool:  www.poologic.com

GWT has worked well, but I am not an expert.  I write code in Java and deploy in Javascript.

I already had the site written in Java.  I wanted to eliminate use of the Java Virtual Machine because it was not widely supported was becoming user unfriendly after Homeland Security declared jihad against Java applets a while back.