JS policy discussion #3

Ghost commented 2022年05月22日 18:00:28 +02:00

We had previously refused to add any kind of JS to Simple Web projects, but we've since relaxed that rule a bit, so I think it would be nice to have an official policy on what things can be implemented with JS. Here's what I came up with:

We try to avoid JS as much as possible, but in certain circumstances using it is
acceptable. There are some conditions though:

• The feature is impossible to satisfactorily implement without using JS
• As little JS as possible is used
• No "modern" JS features are used unless necessary (e.g. no arrow functions or let)

@ManeraKai @metalune I'd like both of your opinions on what I wrote up here, including suggestions for extra conditions.

We had previously refused to add any kind of JS to Simple Web projects, but we've since relaxed that rule a bit, so I think it would be nice to have an official policy on what things can be implemented with JS. Here's what I came up with: > We try to avoid JS as much as possible, but in certain circumstances using it is acceptable. There are some conditions though: > - The feature is impossible to satisfactorily implement without using JS > - As little JS as possible is used > - No "modern" JS features are used unless necessary (e.g. no arrow functions or `let`) @ManeraKai @metalune I'd like both of your opinions on what I wrote up here, including suggestions for extra conditions.

Ghost commented 2022年05月22日 18:18:07 +02:00

I'd like to add this:

* It should not be mandatory for any kind of core functionality of the site/project

I'd like to add this: ``` * It should not be mandatory for any kind of core functionality of the site/project ```

ManeraKai commented 2022年05月22日 18:28:51 +02:00

Why no "modern"? what's wrong with let? do you mean browser compatibility?

Why no "modern"? what's wrong with `let`? do you mean browser compatibility?

Ghost commented 2022年05月22日 20:17:01 +02:00

Nothing wrong with let itself, but there's no point in using it for the little JS code we're gonna have. If var works perfectly okay for our purposes and is more supported (even if by a tiny margin), why use let instead?

Nothing wrong with `let` itself, but there's no point in using it for the little JS code we're gonna have. If `var` works perfectly okay for our purposes and is more supported (even if by a tiny margin), why use `let` instead?

Ghost commented 2022年07月10日 18:43:41 +02:00

Any other objections or additions to the list? I'd like to make this official soon.

Any other objections or additions to the list? I'd like to make this official soon.

Ghost commented 2022年07月10日 21:09:22 +02:00

No objections, you are free to open a PR

No objections, you are free to open a PR