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update: this post has been moved to my blog

Welcome! Today I'd like to talk about another subject which can't be emphasized enough: Code Quality. This entails a lot of tools and patterns that ultimately come together to make your game more solid and programmer friendly. Even if you're working alone on a project, these tools can save you some precious debugging time by pointing out simple errors, if not more complex ones. I'll be using my current project, c as an example where possible.

A few notes before we get started:

• Some of the following tools are specific to the JavaScript ecosystem.
• Some of the following tools are only free for open source projects, so bear in mind that you might be missing out on the awesome!

Style Checking

Some of the easiest tools you can set up for your project are JSHint and JSCS. These tools provide basic st

letsgetrandy

#! /bin/bash
#
#  USAGE:
#      orphan [-dv] filename
#
#  OPTIONS:
#      -d   delete the file if it is an orphan
#      -f   force (ie, don't prompt)
#      -h   display help text
#      -v   verbose

letsgetrandy

/* Simple JS template rendering function */
function render(obj, template) {
    var re, v;
    re = new RegExp("\\[\\[([^\\]]+)\\]\\]");
    while (match = re.exec(template)) {
        val = obj[match[1]] || '';
        template = template.replace(match[0], val);
    }
    return template;
}