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Re: String Processing in JavaScript

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On 2012-09-01 00:56, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>      I will be passing back long result strings to my Web pages. These
> strings have to be parsed into error codes and form field contents.
> What I am working with looks like
>           <fieldname>:<value length>:<value>\n
> The value is encodeURIComponent()ed.

From your other posts, it appears that you're in control of both backend
and client code. If that's the case, you may want to consider one of the
many standardized data transfer formats.
JSON would be the obvious choice, as it's trivially easy to use for a
JavaScript client, and it's well supported in every major server-side
language. Others possible choices include XML (also well supported by
JS) or YAML, etc.

The major advantages over homebrew data formats are

1) less code, because native support already exists

2) no worrying about separators and "safe" characters

3) they support hierarchical/structured data

4) they're standardized, so you'll still know how they work 2 years
after you finish writing this part. As will other people who may inherit
your code.

5) they're standardized, which means your data is now accessible to
other tools (like debuggers, syntax checkers, and unit test frameworks)


- stefan

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String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-31 15:56 -0700
  Re: String Processing in JavaScript Mike Winter <usenet@michael-winter.me.invalid> - 2012-09-01 02:30 +0100
    Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-02 17:56 -0700
  Re: String Processing in JavaScript Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-08-31 22:30 -0400
    Re: String Processing in JavaScript "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-08-31 21:47 -0600
      Re: String Processing in JavaScript "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-09-01 08:51 +0000
        Re: String Processing in JavaScript "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-09-01 08:38 -0600
      Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-02 18:04 -0700
        Re: String Processing in JavaScript "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-09-03 16:30 +0000
        Re: String Processing in JavaScript Mike Winter <usenet@michael-winter.me.invalid> - 2012-09-03 21:23 +0100
          Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-03 14:26 -0700
  Re: String Processing in JavaScript Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-09-03 19:29 +0200
    Re: String Processing in JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-03 21:45 +0200
    Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-03 14:27 -0700
      Re: String Processing in JavaScript Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 00:48 +0200
        Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-03 17:20 -0700
        Re: String Processing in JavaScript Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-09-04 10:06 +0100
          Re: String Processing in JavaScript Ross McKay <au.org.zeta.at.rosko@invalid.invalid> - 2012-09-04 20:02 +1000
          Re: String Processing in JavaScript Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-04 08:47 -0700

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