Bowser

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Quickly connect to external APIs - APIConnect now on npm(andrewplummer.github.com)
2 points by Bowser 15y ago|0 comments
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by Bowser 15y ago
Honestly, I find it to be more the common superstition rather than the common wisdom. That is not to say there's no truth to it, but I find that I hear ppl repeating it religiously without really knowing why. The main danger comes from exte
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by Bowser 15y ago
Again, thanks for the input! I've changed the site to emphasize that point about Underscore.js (as you suggested), and also added a page explaining more about (not) patching Object.prototype. Still don't want to add docs for "enableSugar"..
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by Bowser 15y ago
I researched it quite a bit when first looking at what's out there and I think if you look at it closely you'll definitely see a lot of ruby red in there. However I think you're right that it's not a fair statement, so I just took that part
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by Bowser 15y ago
First of all I'm impressed with you being objective and not gnawing my head off even after discovering probably the thorniest part of the library (and so soon too)! I am aware of and on your side about the issues with patching the Object.pr
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by Bowser 15y ago
Trust me, no one wants to prevent it from becoming PHP more than me. If you have to refer back to the docs every 2 seconds, it's not a good thing. My goal is to be as intuitive as possible WITHOUT the docs. There's so much room for improvem
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by Bowser 15y ago
Thank you much for your support of the concept. I have a great respect for _ and love what it does. We definitely have the same goal in mind, with different ideas of how to get there. I'm going to try to be humble and learn as much as I can
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by Bowser 15y ago
To be clear, "sacrificing" performance is not a goal (obviously) nor should it need to be. The only point is that the ultimate goal is intuitive syntax, and that performance will always take a second place to that. That doesn't mean that I'
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Sugar is a new Javascript library for working with native JS objects.(sugarjs.com)
57 points by Bowser 15y ago|16 comments