[IPython-dev] bug in html notebook in latest version?
Matthias BUSSONNIER
bussonniermatthias at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 13:56:52 EDT 2012
Le 23 oct. 2012 à 19:52, Brian Granger a écrit :
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Matthias BUSSONNIER
> <bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Le 23 oct. 2012 à 18:42, Brian Granger a écrit :
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Matthias BUSSONNIER
>>> <bussonniermatthias at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I hate to say this, b/c I'm not the one writing much JS code and I
>>>>> don't want to sound like a grouch, but I'd like to ask everyone
>>>>> working on JS to tackle the testing problem as a very high priority
>>>>> question and to consider a moratorium on major new work until we sort
>>>>> it out. For years the old IPython codebase started without tests, and
>>>>> that started to slowly paralize and kill the project. Eventually we
>>>>> bit the bullet and developed a testing machinery that, while ugly at
>>>>> the beginning, got us moving. And over time, that machinery has
>>>>> gradually gotten better and better, and today on the core code we
>>>>> actually do have decent testing (not perfect, but not terrible
>>>>> either).
>>>>>
>>>>> I am growing increasingly worried about more and more JS code without
>>>>> tests and I fear we're going in the same direction here.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am NOT trying to slow down development or boss anyone around, but we
>>>>> really need to take this problem seriously, or the whole project will
>>>>> suffer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> I think our current JS architecture is not designed for good testing.
>>>> I'll will try to come up with an IPEP, but for the basic, we should:
>>>>
>>>> make use of `require` and have a more MVC approach.
>>>> -> it will allow to have model testing on server-side with node for example.
>>>
>>> Do you have thoughts on the best implementation of "require"?
>> I've heard of requireJS,
>> and it ships with r.js that apparently allow to transform commonJS require to a more async requireJS form.
>>
>> I've never used it though.
>>
>> I think that the commonJS
>> x = require('…')
>> is much more readable and understandable than the callback based one.
>>
>> In the long run, I think that having a 'dev' flag would be great.
>> Without the dev flag all the JS/css/coffescript/... would be minified and in one file.
>> and if you want to introspect, you activate the dev flag and everything is unmignified and readable.
>>
>> RequireJs Does allow that, which is a plus, even if it means adding a compile option to js.
>
> OK thanks, I will try to have a look at these options. Would be nice
> to improve this situation.
I'm writting an IPEP. I should send the draft on github soon.
--
Matthias
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
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