Comments on: Lightweight Headless Test for Trailing Commas in JavaScript http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2008/09/lightweight_headless_test_for_trailing_commas_in_javascript.html Redfin Developers\' Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:23:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Robbie Paplin http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2008/09/lightweight_headless_test_for_trailing_commas_in_javascript.html/comment-page-1#comment-9440 Robbie Paplin Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:31 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2008/09/lightweight_headless_test_for_trailing_commas_in_javascript.html#comment-9440 This is great for stand-alone javascript files, but how do guys validate script that is embedded inside of HTML markup? This is great for stand-alone javascript files, but how do guys validate script that is embedded inside of HTML markup?

]]> By: Andrew Mattie http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2008/09/lightweight_headless_test_for_trailing_commas_in_javascript.html/comment-page-1#comment-6475 Andrew Mattie Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:18:31 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2008/09/lightweight_headless_test_for_trailing_commas_in_javascript.html#comment-6475 I feel your pain. Me and my coworker have encountered this same exact issue at least twice now, and it's certainly been one of the more frustrating things that we've had to track down and fix. It's not just that it doesn't parse in IE -- it doesn't error either. At least FF w/ Firebug will throw an error when something isn't right. One validator that you didn't mention, Julien Lecomte's YUI Compressor (http://www.julienlecomte.net/yuicompressor/), also serves double-duty as a safe JavaScript compression utility. I don't remember if it specifically addresses the comma issue you mentioned, but it's well worth tossing it in the mix nonetheless. I feel your pain. Me and my coworker have encountered this same exact issue at least twice now, and it’s certainly been one of the more frustrating things that we’ve had to track down and fix. It’s not just that it doesn’t parse in IE — it doesn’t error either. At least FF w/ Firebug will throw an error when something isn’t right.

One validator that you didn’t mention, Julien Lecomte’s YUI Compressor (http://www.julienlecomte.net/yuicompressor/), also serves double-duty as a safe JavaScript compression utility. I don’t remember if it specifically addresses the comma issue you mentioned, but it’s well worth tossing it in the mix nonetheless.

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