Comments on: JavaScript Code Modules http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/01/javascript-code-modules/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Wladimir Palant http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/01/javascript-code-modules/#comment-4979 Wladimir Palant Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:06:56 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/01/javascript-code-modules/#comment-4979 Too bad that bug 406538 prevents this feature from being really useful. At least we can now use modules from chrome:// if they are not inside a JAR file - still, this is suboptimal for extensions. Too bad that bug 406538 prevents this feature from being really useful. At least we can now use modules from chrome:// if they are not inside a JAR file - still, this is suboptimal for extensions.

]]> By: Justin Dolske http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/01/javascript-code-modules/#comment-4972 Justin Dolske Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:26:30 +0000 http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/01/javascript-code-modules/#comment-4972 XPCOMutils.jsm probably deserves a shoutout here too... If you're implementing a XPCOM component in JS, it really reduces the amount of boilerplate code you need to put in your component. [Such code can also be leak-prone in tricky ways.] Here's a patch from a few months ago showing how it works: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=269435&action=diff XPCOMutils.jsm probably deserves a shoutout here too… If you’re implementing a XPCOM component in JS, it really reduces the amount of boilerplate code you need to put in your component. [Such code can also be leak-prone in tricky ways.]

Here’s a patch from a few months ago showing how it works:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=269435&action=diff

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