Also, why are undefined variables default set to '...
# suitescriptc
Craig
03/16/2022, 8:38 AMAlso, why are undefined variables default set to 'weak warning'? You can easily push a script with an undefined variable which will throw a runtime error.
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Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 2:47 PMin typescript, if it detects something as potentially undefined you get a compile time error (not just weak warning)
Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 2:49 PMtotally not what you asked for, but in general I question lines like the one you shared (defining a new variable just to access an existing variable)
Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 2:50 PMcreating aliases like that are extra mental indirection the reader needs to follow. If
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Craig
03/16/2022, 4:02 PM@Shawn Talbert I can't get TypeScript into this client. Their internal NetSuite team and their architects have rejected the idea twice
Craig
03/16/2022, 4:03 PMThey don't want to maintain two languages internally and they believe the market doesn't have enough devs
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Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 4:03 PMYou might try using TS on the JS - supposedly TS can work to help typing with pure JS projects
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Craig
03/16/2022, 4:03 PMThey also want NetSuite to support some of their scripts and NS refuse to do that with TS .
Craig
03/16/2022, 4:03 PMCan't even pay them to look after the TS!
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Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 4:30 PMI mean, use JS only but pass it through the TS language service and/or compiler just to get you better typechecking to the extent that it can with JS
Shawn Talbert
03/16/2022, 4:31 PMI personally haven't used this feature but it's supposed to be something TS supports
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Craig
03/16/2022, 6:59 PM@Shawn Talbert that sounds pretty cool actually.
Craig
03/16/2022, 7:00 PMI want to get jslint introduced at this place too - that should catch a lot of the issues I'm seeing.