The best JavaScript guide ever

Post by tlrobinson » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 6:19 PM UTC

points wrote: post #27

Tichy wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Returning an object from a function was not the problem - it was "returning" from a Script (as executed by the NodeJS Script class). So essentially the last value in the script, I suppose. I like the ({x:1}) shortcut, thanks!

I don't quite understand what you mean by 'returning from a script'. That doesn't make too much sense within Javascript itself, if it's a case of the last expression being considered the return value (I haven't used NodeJS), then you would want: doSomething(); ({x:1});

    eval("{x:1}") // returns 1
    eval("({x:1})") // returns {x:1}

Post by kraynar » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 6:44 PM UTC

kreek wrote: post #5

The best way I've found to learn JavaScript is through anything by Douglas Crawford. 'JavaScript the Good Parts' is especially good. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVTIJBZook

Post by kreek » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 7:36 PM UTC

kraynar wrote: post #34

kreek wrote: post #5

The best way I've found to learn JavaScript is through anything by Douglas Crawford. 'JavaScript the Good Parts' is especially good. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517748 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVTIJBZook

Agreed, but the name is Crockford. His site, which has a bunch of interesting JavaScript links on it: http://crockford.com

Post by pyre » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 10:32 PM UTC

Post by etherael » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 11:23 PM UTC