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Douglas Crockford has made a similar argument. https://www.crockford.com/contextcoloring.html https://www.crockford.com/contextcoloring.html
by monkeyfacebag 5y ago
Douglas Crockford has made a similar argument. https://www.crockford.com/contextcoloring.html https://www.crockford.com/contextcoloring.html
- xook 5y agoI went to find the video where I first heard him say something about syntax highlighting is for kindergartners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EF0VTs9Dc&t=899 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EF0VTs9Dc&t=899 It's an unfortunate comment since I struggle with word salad most days. Being able to skim and find certain blocks or aspects of a source file is preferable if I can't remember the name of something right away.
- mcv 5y agoI love Douglas Crockford, but maybe that example could benefit from some refactoring. Nesting your functions that deeply is not compelling.