Subj : Javascript for dummies like me
To   : Sys64738
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Dec 07 2021 12:56 pm

  Re: Javascript for dummies like me
  By: Sys64738 to Digital Man on Tue Dec 07 2021 09:03 am

 >   Re: Javascript for dummies like me
 >   By: Digital Man to Sys64738 on Mon Dec 06 2021 21:02:33
 >
 >  > I use notepad++ on Windows and vim or geany on Linux. The editor doesn't
 >  > have to recognize an object/method/property for you to use it.
 >
 > I started out just using plain notepad.

Yeah, that would be my last choice, mainly due to no syntax highlighting.

 > Since this is all new to me, I
 > thought that I might benefit from the hints/debugging features from an
 > editor.
 > However, it seems that programming has become less uniform and less certain
 > since the years when I was most involved (80's-90's).  The paved roads of
 > years past seem to have not been maintained and people often find themselves
 > cutting their own path to get to where they want to go.
 >
 > In your opinion, would that be an accurate assessment?

I think the tools are far better and more "paved" than they were in the '80s and '90s.
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