Re: Javascript for automation quastions
Re: Javascript for automation quastions
- Subject: Re: Javascript for automation quastions
- From: 2551 <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:49:20 +0700
On 17 Dec 2014, at 04:16, has <email@hidden> wrote:
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> > Pedagogical value is not the same as technical expertise; a point which also applies to your general take on the JXA wiki I linked to.
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> Couldn't parse that line. Are you saying the JXA wiki is short on pedagogical value or technical expertise?
As a famous Austrian once said (borrowing from a famous German), look for explanations of meaning in context. I recommended the wiki as a "bootstrap" for AppleScripters. You suggested it was lacking in some technical accuracy. I've no idea whether you're right about the latter, but even if so, the line you couldn't parse was meant to suggest that that doesn't necessarily matter.
As for the "Good JavaScript" book, I also have seen it highly and widely recommended. It's like 90 of the other 100 computer books I own (all of which were highly and widely recommended, too) - a poor teacher. It's a book written by a computer scientist that pleases other computer scientists. For laymen like myself stumbling around in coding darkness, it's all words and no practice.
Pedagogically good computer books are a rare find. Bill and Sal's "AppleScript 1-2-3" is a rare example of one. There's a whole series of "XCode Primer" books by a guy called Nick Smith which, collectively, are another (they're also about a third of the price of all the "highly recommended" doorstop ones, too).
I've yet to find one on JavaScript that meets my criteria of a good book. Between the wiki and release notes, however, I'm thinking I might not need one. Just add time and mix.
Maybe by the time I've actually learned JavaScript, Crockford's book will have some value to me.
Best
Phil
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