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Tidbits (Javascript and OOP ?)

For the past few weeks I've been working fulltime on a big Javascript application. At first this did not look like any source for blog fodder at all. Having learned lots of new things I have changed my mind and am working on a big post on Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript. What is possible and what is not. Information on the web varies in a high degree. Feel free to make suggestions on what I should include and what not.

It's not going to be a rant on why JavaScript sucks, I can't agree on that. It's not going to be a big praise on the language either, script remains script. JavaScript is just there, you cannot ignore it; better just make the best out of it.

Two Dutch tidbits in the last  weeks:

  • After supporting the Frisian language, the Vista RC does include a (tablet) handwriting recognizer for Dutch! At last ! Saw it at work today on the MS Technet meeting. The default language of my OS is English. I'll look into installing multiple recognition languages and will come back on it.
  • My slightly deformed article in the Dutch .NET magazine has been reformatted and is available online here.

Published Oct 18 2006, 01:56 PM by pvanooijen
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Comments

Chris said:

You could talk about how JavaScript doesn't support multimethods, since every function takes any number of arguments. You could also mention that JavaScript's prototyping system and the fact that functions are first class objects allows you to attach methods to specific instances of objects.

# October 18, 2006 4:42 PM

Peter's Gekko said:

JavaScript is the only language a web browser speaks; it is a given fact. It's not a matter of choice

# October 24, 2006 3:49 PM

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