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For what it’s worth, reading the ECMAScript spec was one of the best things I’ve done to deepen my work as a developer. It doesn’t touch on console commands, bu
by reilly3000 5y ago
For what it’s worth, reading the ECMAScript spec was one of the best things I’ve done to deepen my work as a developer. It doesn’t touch on console commands, but these do:
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/api/ https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/api/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console
https://nodejs.org/api/console.html https://nodejs.org/api/console.html
It’s not that I’m just reading language docs all day, but I’ve found it to be a really productive use of time when I do. It’s a vehicle for discovery that tutorials, SO answers, and blog posts don’t tend to always cover. For instance, I learned about Realms in JS which allow for a distinct global context, and more recently the proposed ShadowRealms API which not only just sounds cool, but allows for some neat isolation if ever you need to run JS in the browser that shouldn’t affect the window (such as a web IDE).
For those who are brave enough to delve into the Shadow Realms:
https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-262_12th_edition_june_2021.pdf https://www.ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-2...
Point being: there are formal manuals and specifications for every part of the web stack. They can be intensely difficult to grok but are a valuable resource. It’s not fair to say RTFM to every question about the web stack, it’s unreasonable to expect anyone to hold all of that in their brain. Still, these things do exist and have a lot of value.
- dylan604 5y agoThanks. However, that's 4 separate links that you've provided. (R)ead (T)he (F)antastic (M)anual suggests there is one to be referenced. It's not read a manual. That's kind of the point. When it comes to programming, there is no single manual. You learn some basics, roll up your sleeves, and bang out code. You get to something you're unfamiliar, so you look it up. You learn something new. You go back to bang out code until the next "new". However, this time while searching, you read a different way of doing something you've done in the past that is "more better" or "less incorrect" or "more efficient". The thing to note, is not one of those websites visted and read are the same.
- yepthatsreality 5y ago> However, that's 4 separate links that you've provided. (R)ead (T)he (F)antastic (M)anual suggests there is one to be referenced. It's not read a manual. That’s not what RTFM means and has never meant that. The definition is an angsty way to tell the inquirer to stop bothering whomever and go look it up. The number of sources is irrelevant. If you’re going to go so far as to change Fuck to Fantastic, then Manual can be changed to Manuals.