Script development tools

bcbarnes wrote on 2/17/2003, 12:26 PM

Ok folks - after being used to the nice visual tools available with the .NET development tools, writing .js scripts seems a bit "stoneage". Therefore, I would like to know what others are using as editors, debugging tools, and dialog design tools. Also, does V4 include a debugging console for outputting trace messages, etc.? Thanks for any info you can give me.

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SonyPJM wrote on 2/17/2003, 1:44 PM

I use emacs in java mode for editing JScript code but I wouldn't
recommend that to people unfamiliar with emacs.

Debugging scripts is, admittedly, a pain right now but can help to
strongly type as much of your JScript code as possible. That allows
the script engine to check for existence of methods and properties at
compile time and report errors with the line number.

There's no debug console built in to Vegas for code spew. I did,
however, come across something similar to log4j that you might find
useful:

log4net

bcbarnes wrote on 2/17/2003, 5:10 PM

Thanks - I appreciate the info. And yes - emacs can be a bit disconcerting for the fient of heart ....

Cheesehole wrote on 12/18/2003, 3:36 PM

I just want to pop an "alert" window (like in JavaScript) with a variable as the text message. That is the most common technique I use for debugging. Can I do that?

johnmeyer wrote on 12/18/2003, 4:02 PM

I just use the MsgBox code.

jetdv wrote on 12/18/2003, 6:59 PM

Same here. I use MessageBox.Show(myvar);

Cheesehole wrote on 12/18/2003, 10:51 PM

Thank you both!