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Re: How develop pure JS library involving multiple source files?

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On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 5:44:37 AM UTC-4, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> kentilton@gmail.com writes:
> 
> > I am interested in porting a little dataflow aka reactive aka
> > databinding library of mine from Common Lisp to javascript. It will be
> > about 2kloc and would be edited most easily as about ten different .js
> > files.
> >
> > My immediate problem is quite simple: how do I edit/run/test as I go?
> > Is it necessary to run a server and test in a browser where each file
> > is loaded via a script tag?
> 
> No, because:
> 
> > I do not plan immediately to mess with DOM
> 
> and that means you only need an ECMAScript implementation with some IO
> capability.  As a Linux user I use nodejs, but you name some things
> below that I've not heard of so I think you many be using Windows.
> 
> > since it is purely about the dataflow between JS objects, so it would
> > be great to just sit in an IDE and hit Run to test as I go.
> >
> > I have installed WebStorm and it works fine for a single source file,
> > but for the life of me I do not see how to get it to load all the JS
> > files I have added to the project. And I did see something suggesting
> > I would have to use a build tool to concatenate the different JS
> > files, suggesting WebStorm does not handle that for me.
> 
> That would be a very severe restriction (and a strange one, too), but
> I'm not familiar with the software.  Some people with Windows experience
> will be along soon and they can weigh in with how they do this sort of
> development.
> 
> <snip>
> -- 
> Ben.

Thanks, Ben, I am up and running with nodejs. This page explained the bit I was missing: how to use "require" to go cross-file: 

http://openmymind.net/2012/2/3/Node-Require-and-Exports/

btw, I am running a Node.js Express project under Webstorm on Ubuntu, though it does have Windows and Mac OS versions.

Thx again. -kt

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How develop pure JS library involving multiple source files? kentilton@gmail.com - 2016-08-28 23:02 -0700
  Re: How develop pure JS library involving multiple source files? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-29 10:44 +0100
    Re: How develop pure JS library involving multiple source files? Ken Tilton <kentilton@gmail.com> - 2016-08-29 04:19 -0700
      Re: How develop pure JS library involving multiple source files? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-29 12:58 +0100

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