Quokk.auMy favorite part of the job
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SubArcticTundraI think it's commendable to vertically align code. (Just not with tabs.) It makes it look neater.
JackbyDevWe underutilize tabs. https://nick-gravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/
(Don't mistake this as me saying everyone should start using tabs immediately. This would take a drastic overhaul of all textual displays and we're likely to never see such a thing, but it's still a cool concept.)
Good to see tabs' fundamental flaw was solved. I think I'll be switching to this.
You can't unless the tools you're using to display tabs do it like this. None do, apart from the proof of concept programs on the site.
But it is a cool idea.
It's not "solved." Not trying to dive into yet another tabs vs. spaces argument. But this is just another example of how tabs can be pretty neat when they're interpreted in a specific way. But it's up to your editor, plugin, etc. to do so. Take the same text and throw it into an editor that doesn't use this same interpretation, and it immediately falls apart.
the fact that these are strings instead of an object that is broken up by country code, area code, and number makes me irrationally angry.
wizardbeardCould be tests for a parser to convert it from string to object.
Not like your end users are going to type each piece into a separate field.
gandalf_der_12tei think you think that telephone numbers are well-structured. they are not. they are messy. they do not fit a certain schematic.
I recommend also the following topic: "people have names". https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
Names do not in general fit into the schematic "first name, last name"
Is there not a "falsehoods programmers think about phone numbers" yet?
Edit: And once again, I'm still confused about some of these. Do we need to expand unicode for names? It's supposed to be universal. WTF is up with 40?
WTF is up with 40?
People have names.
I suppose that a counterexample to this might be Tibetan children, who get named at puberty, IIRC. Before that, they have no names. They are just referred to as "child" or "somebody's child".
People’s names are all mapped in Unicode code points.
I suppose a counterexample to that might be cultures which do not use script in general. Then, obviously, there's no Unicode characters for these non-existant glyphs.
Ah, so it dovetails with the whole "children get a name reasonably fast" thing. I was interpreting that as "ever, in a natural lifespan". My bad, haha.
I suppose a counterexample to that might be cultures which do not use script in general. Then, obviously, there’s no Unicode characters for these non-existant glyphs.
True, but there's little risk of a name being entered into a form without some kind of transcription.
You absolute buffoon. How do you figure this code isn't testing how to parse a string into such an object??
MyNameIsRichard
HiddenLayer555"The number" is itself two parts hence the dash. The first section being the prefix and the last part being the line number.
Junior devs don’t know Jenny.
It's true. Who's Jenny, for the zoomers in the chat?
It was a very popular song in the 80s. Jenny’s phone number was 867-5309.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny
If you’re ever at a store and need a frequent shopper card, this number with your local area code is usually registered.
const binOfStoRajj = {};
Should be 213 area code, not 123
For test data I like to use different movie or comic book names for different epics.
So when we start a new epic with multiple user stories I decide this will be all star wars, or matrix or donald duck characters, etc etc. The nice thing about it is when certain test data gives unexpected errors in other parts of application its easy to track where the test data is from.
Life Pro Tip - Jenny's number also (usually) works at the grocery checkout line to get the advertised store member discount on items. Choose whichever area code you like, someone has likely set it up in the past.
Jim Bo Bob
555-867-5309
123 test Street,
Testville Ca, 55555
Is my goto
From someone who does this for a living... vary your names and addresses. Less chance of collisions if your suite teardown fails to clean up properly. Depending on your needs, having a hard-coded unique name/address per test can be fine, or if you're using Python, there's a library called Faker that will generate ISO-valid test data. It's also a bit easier to see where a teardown failed if maybe an exception got swallowed.
Also faker.js
I once made test users who were all named John Smith in different languages. I learned that basically every name is a variant of John.
Jan Smit (in Dutch)
const jennyFromTheBlock