JSLint wants CSS blocks to end in semicolons, like this: <style type="text/css"> #eid{color:navy} </style> It's perfectly OK to not have a semicolon in...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 1, 2012 7:29 pm
... I recommend that you follow JSLint's advice....
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Doc Emmett Splendid
emmett.thesane
Feb 1, 2012 9:46 pm
This is a difference between maintainable CSS (which should follow a very strict format) and ~minified~ CSS. Just as JSLint won't pass minified JS (which would...
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Sean Kelly
seank_com
Feb 1, 2012 10:12 pm
Personally, I prefer to fix my code to follow JSLint's recommendations. That said, I also put all my Javascript in .js files and include them using script tags...
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Rob Richardson
erobrich@...
Feb 2, 2012 12:15 am
It is less effective to lint minified or processed code as anything you discover usually can't be repaired in its current format. Also note that JSLint's CSS...
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mariuszn3
Feb 2, 2012 1:35 pm
Hi, I approached a whitespace issue. I have a code that it's impossible to refactor so it's ok for jslint - I can resign from checking whitespace but I don't...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 2, 2012 1:43 pm
... You may be going overboard on the function chaining thing. When you break a line after '(', JSLint expects to see an open configuration. So var...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 2, 2012 4:04 pm
Or you can break compactly before ')'. var someFunction = function () { 'use strict'; }; someFunction()(someFunction)(someFunction)(someFunction ...
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mariuszn3
Feb 3, 2012 7:52 am
Thanks, somehow I didn't think about writing it that way, it indeed makes sense....
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
Feb 3, 2012 11:01 am
Hi If I run the following code (properly indented) through JSLint at jslint.com with all options cleared, it validates. If I run the exact same code through...
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Merlin
harry152566
Feb 3, 2012 11:50 am
... I've tried linting the file t.js on both the full and minimized versions of jslint in Widget Tester. I'm not seeing the fault in either version. Using file...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
Feb 3, 2012 1:04 pm
Ah yes. Thanks Harry. Obviously the error is partly mine. The “Bad HTML string” error seems to be caused by an internal JSLint error on an earlier run. If...
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Merlin
harry152566
Feb 3, 2012 2:10 pm
... Using Widget Tester: Welcome to Yahoo! Widgets 4.5.2x10A50 on 02/03/12 13:52:08.937 getJSLint:Using today's JSLint file. MD5 sum:...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
Feb 3, 2012 2:20 pm
... In case of internal errors, yes. ... Actually, they fail in exactly the same way, but the error message given for this error by different JavaScript...
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Merlin
harry152566
Feb 3, 2012 2:36 pm
... Confirmed: In Chrome: Error: Problem at line 7 character 22: Cannot read property 'at' of null Over to Douglas! Harry....
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 3, 2012 6:03 pm
... Thanks. Please try it now. And by the way, in case anyone has been reading this thread, function quote(s) { return '"' + s + '"'; } is a dangerously...
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Jakob Kruse
thekrucible
Feb 3, 2012 8:48 pm
Works, thanks! And yes, don’t ever use that function or anything like it. It was a bad example. /Jakob Fra: jslint_com@yahoogroups.com...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 11, 2012 12:25 am
Or you can wrap the whole thing in parens: var someFunction = function () { 'use strict'; }; (someFunction() (someFunction) (someFunction) (someFunction) ...
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spence.randall@...
spence.randa...
Feb 14, 2012 7:03 pm
Given the following code: var obj = {}, ````test = function () { ````````'use strict'; ````````return true; ````}.bind(obj); JSLint returns the following...
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John Hawkinson
john.hawkinson
Feb 14, 2012 7:12 pm
JSLint wants you wrap your function expression in parentheses. I think it's probably right, multiword expressions are confusing to read, and parens remove the...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 14, 2012 7:27 pm
... Thanks. Please try it now....
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spence.randall@...
spence.randa...
Feb 14, 2012 8:11 pm
Works as expected, thanks for the fast turnaround. -Randall...
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junkernaught
Feb 17, 2012 10:11 pm
This code gives me an error, I'm not sure why: function charAt(sValue, index) { return sValue.charAt(index) - '0'; } Message: Problem at line 2 character 25:...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 17, 2012 10:29 pm
... That warning wasn't very helpful. Please try it now....
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junkernaught
Feb 17, 2012 11:08 pm
OK, the new warning makes more sense. Thank you!...
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Jordan Harband
ljharb
Feb 18, 2012 2:48 am
The error does still occur if you do choose to wrap your function in parens. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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douglascrockford
douglascrock...
Feb 18, 2012 1:46 pm
... That is because you shouldn't do that....
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Jordan Harband
ljharb
Feb 19, 2012 9:02 pm
Why do you recommend wrapping an immediate function invocation in parens, but not an immediate invocation of a function call on a prototype method of an...
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Phil
druid_rpg
Feb 21, 2012 5:55 am
Tolerate uncapitalized constructors checkbox and the associated newcap flag does not seem to be working. I get ... "should start with an uppercase letter."...
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Doc Emmett Splendid
emmett.thesane
Feb 21, 2012 6:06 am
Could you please give us the code sample which fails? The following works for me when the "Tolerate uncapitalized constructors" checkbox is checked: var foo =...
