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Data-JavaScript (1_11)

This is really only an answer to Smylers' rating: the output of Data::JavaScript is verbose because of the ability to dump circular structures. So a general rule of thumb would be: if you know your data structure is free of circular references, use Data::JavaScript::Anon, otherwise use Data::JavaScript.

All in all, Data::JavaScript is easy to use and does what it should. The only missing thing is unicode support.

EDIT: As of 1.10, unicode support is available.

Slaven Rezic - 2005-11-22 05:37:22
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Data-JavaScript (1_10)

No rating since I'm the maintainer. Unicode support has been added
in this version, and the module has always come with a file named
example.pl and a brief description with sample output in README.

The verbosity is why I created Data::JavaScript::LiteObject.
In the future we will be working on merging all of the other
dumpers into this one.

Jerrad Pierce - 2005-11-14 12:26:25
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Data-JavaScript (1.08)

It would be much easier to quickly learn what this module achieves if its documentation provided some sample output.

So far as I can tell this module works: you pass it a Perl array or hash, and it constructs a valid JavaScript fragment for storing the same data in a JavaScript array or hash.

My main complaint is with the verbosity of the JavaScript it creates: repeating the variable name each time, rather than using the syntax for assigning an entire array or hash at once. Data::JavaScript::Anon provides better output.

Smylers - 2005-02-10 08:02:20
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