On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Deryck Hodge <[email protected]> wrote: > *** stop trying to write JavaScript as if it's Python
I agree; heck, we don't even write Python as if its Python :). > *** stop using Python-generated JavaScript (or use only > Python-generated JavaScript) > > Unless we go the whole way of a GWT-like Python-generated > JavaScript system, I think the times we generate js code from > Python are not worth the mixed approach. We should write js > by hand and get data or structures via the web service. Have you played with pyjamas (http://pyjs.org/)? > *** stop using lazr-js and move all our js work in tree > We should point to YUI as the standard and share code and > examples across projects in a lighter-weight fashion. +1 > *** make testing simpler and be explicit about how we test > > I've said much about this in the past. browser testing is not unit > testing. > Our Windmill tests are terribly written. And literally no one on Launchpad > knows why we write them. And it shows. ;) > > We should understand why we browser test, have a better tool for it, > and insist on TDD via yui tests over CI browser or integration testing. Unit testing and integration tests /are/ different. the fact they're both running in a browser co-process is incidental IMO. Or perhaps I'm missing some some subtle aspect here. > I'm sure there are other good ideas, but if we did each of these, the > JavaScript development story on Launchpad would be substantially > better than it is now. I'm delighted that you're thinking about this - please keep pushing forward! -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
