JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X

Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by jadbox on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:49PM (#13902831)

It was also widely used for Adobe Flex for making Flash interfaces.

"Everything old becomes new again."

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by bbcbasic on Saturday March 18, 2017 @07:28PM (#13904060)

I quite loved my small stint developing in Adobe flex. I have to admit it.

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by lscharen on Saturday March 18, 2017 @10:13PM (#13904773)

I share that sentiment. The complete decoupling of UI presentation and logic all the way up to and through asset deployment via Flex Skins was interesting and had a lot of potential.

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by abalone on Saturday March 18, 2017 @05:55PM (#13903711)

You're thinking of MXML. Different thing.

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by synja on Saturday March 18, 2017 @06:01PM (#13903739)

Nope. E4X was inline XML and it has been in AS3 for many many years.

Sad to see that all these great and convenient language features will take years (or never) to reach JS now that we voluntarily handcuffed ourselves to standards based tech just to satisfy the vendetta of a dead man.

But at least Flash is dead, right?

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Re:JavaScript once had a JSX-like syntax called E4X by MattRix on Saturday March 18, 2017 @06:44PM (#13903877)

The post you're responding to was talking about the markup language used for Flex, which was MXML, not E4X.

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