Comments on: Big lessons from a little project http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/ Mostly about the management of software development Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Nick http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-33463 Nick Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:11:36 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-33463 Probably should mention this in person but have you tried the <a href="http://www.aptana.com" rel="nofollow">Aptana</a> plug-in for eclipse. It has code completion for JavaScript amongst a whole heap of other helpful features a front-end developer might want. Probably should mention this in person but have you tried the Aptana plug-in for eclipse. It has code completion for JavaScript amongst a whole heap of other helpful features a front-end developer might want.

]]> By: Nik http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29841 Nik Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:16:43 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29841 Ajay: Yes, Javascript is powerful, and a line-for-line count comparison isn't really fair. Firebug is indeed very useful, but as I'm writing a Firefox extension my Javascript isn't seen by Firebug. On the IDE, I want to type one character, hit Ctrl-Space, cursor-down twice, Enter -- rather than type an entire variable name. I suspect I might be lazy. Ajay: Yes, Javascript is powerful, and a line-for-line count comparison isn’t really fair.

Firebug is indeed very useful, but as I’m writing a Firefox extension my Javascript isn’t seen by Firebug. On the IDE, I want to type one character, hit Ctrl-Space, cursor-down twice, Enter — rather than type an entire variable name. I suspect I might be lazy.

]]> By: Ajay http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29819 Ajay Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:16:42 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29819 To #6. I code both Java and JS. I generally do all my java work in one stretch and then the JS work - kindaf helps me context switch to the JS pradigm (which I crib about but still love). One thing is I do not have the need of an IDE when I do JS - my functions are short, modules are short - cruft free. I feel 200 LOC in JS equals anywhere between 600-700 lines in Java for trivial code and the factor is like 5x when it gets more complex (especially if I need more nested structures). However I use the IDE for things like version control, syntax highlighting but never wanted more out of it. Also have to mention -FireBug is your friend for JS :) To #6.
I code both Java and JS. I generally do all my java work in one stretch and then the JS work - kindaf helps me context switch to the JS pradigm (which I crib about but still love).
One thing is I do not have the need of an IDE when I do JS - my functions are short, modules are short - cruft free. I feel 200 LOC in JS equals anywhere between 600-700 lines in Java for trivial code and the factor is like 5x when it gets more complex (especially if I need more nested structures).

However I use the IDE for things like version control, syntax highlighting but never wanted more out of it. Also have to mention -FireBug is your friend for JS :)

]]> By: Devolio http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29689 Devolio Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:20:00 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2008/04/06/big-lessons-from-a-little-project/#comment-29689 <strong>Big lessons from a little project...</strong> I’ve just finished a fortnight’s holiday which I (foolishly) spent mostly in front of a PC developing a never-ending little application. But unexpectedly, despite the trivial nature of my project, I rediscovered a number of important lessons more u... Big lessons from a little project…

I’ve just finished a fortnight’s holiday which I (foolishly) spent mostly in front of a PC developing a never-ending little application. But unexpectedly, despite the trivial nature of my project, I rediscovered a number of important lessons more u…

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