+1 on promises leading to worse JS code. I really wish that the Battery Spec and others wouldn't use promises, since they're absolutely terrible and events accomplish the same thing in that case.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree the polyfil should exist, and it should probably be in core. > However, I do not agree with the sentiment that 'we' should encourage their > use, 'you' may. Personally, I see more ugly code written because of > Promises than the ugly code it tries to fix. > > Windows8 and Windows Phone 8 already support the Promise API because they > include WinJS. > > > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > > I'm be in favour of adding the polyfill right to cordova.js. > > > > - I'd like to use setImmediate within the Android bridge code, and > > setImmediate make up about half of the Promise polyfill code. > > - The polyfill is quite small > > - Promises are a part of ECMAScript, have been adopted by multiple > > browsers, and are being used in several up-and-coming specs (service > > workers, file) > > - If we make it a part of core, we can start encouraging devs to write > > plugins that return them. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> > wrote: > > > > > Libs like modernizr will polyfill Promises, but that seems heavy handed > > for > > > just this small library. > > > > > > My advice: when we want to write our first api that requires promises, > we > > > create a separate plugin just for the Promise polyfill. Then, any api > > that > > > requires Promises can depend on the polyfill plugin. We've been using > > this > > > strategy for cca and has worked really well. > > > > > > -Michal > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Axel Nennker <ignisvul...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > newer W3C standards use Promises but I think that Promises are not > > > > implemented in the WebViews Cordova currently uses. > > > > > > > > Any advise on this? How should I implement a new W3C standard in > > Cordova? > > > > Are there examples already? > > > > > > > > kind regards > > > > Axel > > > > > > > > > >
