[JW Lua] More class questions

[Phil Buglass]

I haven't posted anything, but you can be sure I 
am keeping a close eye on your conversation!

I too used to be a programmer - Unix & C - in the 
pre-OOP universe.   It's been a lot longer for me,
though, some 18 years since I last worked in the 
field.  I am somewhat rusty, plus never having the
OOP experience anyway makes it a bit of a 
struggle, but I am watching with great interest.

Phil.

At 10:08 AM 8/30/2013, you wrote:
>I have enjoyed refreshing my object oriented programming skills by using
>JWLua.  I had never used Lua before, but it's just another scripting
>language, albeit object oriented.  I've used several others in my
>professional career including DCL (DEC Command Language), Windows Scripting,
>JavaScript, Perl, Python, etc.  I used several compilers including FORTRAN
>77, BASIC, PASCAL, ADA, C, C++, and have tinkered with C# after retiring
>from professional programming.  So I do have some programming skills, though
>it has been 10 years now since I retired, so I'm a little rusty.
>
>It's funny how you say you are going to "hide" some of the details from the
>scripter, like needing to instantiate an object, and use "Create" methods to
>hide the details behind the scene.  This is a good idea.  I was thinking to
>myself just yesterday that I needed to mention to you that, in my opinion,
>even though I thrive on "stuff" like this, the "average" Finale user who
>wants to script something for himself would be overwhelmed by the details
>and probably quickly give up.  I still am having some difficulty finding the
>right property or method to do even simple things, like vertically
>positioning a rest, for instance that I mentioned before.  Figuring out what
>to do and how this TGF frame thing works is certainly not intuitive.  After
>you see the picture, things begin to make more sense, but it is slow going.
>This is beyond the scope of the current objectives, I'm sure, but to have
>the editor present to the scripter on the fly a list of valid syntax
>constructs in the current context, similar to what say Visual Studio does,
>would be wonderful.  Am I dreaming?!
>
>Keep up the good work.  This project is very interesting to me.  I wonder
>how others are getting along.  There has not been any traffic on the
>mailinglist except between us, that I have seen.  Only one other member,
>Carl Vine has posted anything.
>
>Charles Lawrence
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JWLua [mailto:jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu] On Behalf Of Jari Williamsson
>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 4:17 AM
>To: The JW Lua script plug-in.
>Subject: Re: [JW Lua] More class questions
>
>On 2013-08-29 23:26, Charles O. Lawrence wrote:
> > Thanks for taking the time and having the patience to answer what must
> > seem like novice questions.
>
>No problem at all. Questions like these are important to me to improve the
>syntax and consistency of the scripting language.
>
>For example, I've now realized that it isn't productive for a script
>programmer to constantly need to remember how to construct an object,
>specially when the object is related to some other object. The only
>important task for a script is to manipulate things (=objects).
>
>So I'll use more extensive use of what I call the "Create" methods in the
>framework (and JW Lua) in the future. (A "Create" method only creates
>objects, it creates nothing in the Finale database.) For scripting, it makes
>much more sense to write (where "e" is assumed to be a FCNoteEntry):
>
>---
>-- Gets all articulations attached to an entry
>theartics = e:CreateArticulations()
>---
>
>compared to the current (beta 0.03) approach:
>---
>theartics = finale.FCArticulations(e)
>theartics:LoadAll()
>---
>
>Thanks for your testing!
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jari Williamsson
>
>
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