is Javascript the Cinderella's Prestashop ?

[violy]

hello.

 

I'm a french front-end developer, works in a web-agency,
works in team with Prestashop framework, on many projects.

I've recently participated at the official « Prestashop integrateur niveau 2 » (front-end level 2) lesson.

 

here is my opinion : the Javascript usages in Prestashop are very deficients.

 

some topics :

• massive usage of global scope, function and variable
• no dependencies management
• theme js/autoload directory : cool for starters dev, wrong for pro dev
• no alternative to autoload mechanism in theme.  
• hard dependencies on many jQuery plugins (fancybox, …) in theme
• usage of inline javascript call in link <a href="javascript:[…]">
• usage of inline javascript tag <script></script>
• usage of ugly* name for functions and variables names, any guideline for those names ?

 

I know that the retro-compatibilities are very hard, specially in front-end development.

I know that prestashop is a PHP Framework, made by backend dev. 

* When i say ugly names (all those functions have a global scope, in default-bootstrap theme) : 

• get (yes, get function is also a part of ECMASCRIPT, never-mind)
• submitFunction (yes, this function must submit something, may be a function, or maybe this function is a function ?)
• display (this function must display something ! but what !)
• dropDown (a jqueryPlugin for that, too much simple)
• totalValue (this function must calculate something…)
• accordion (this function is not a var, this is not a jQuery plugin, this is accordion)
• accordionFooter (this function is only a fork of the well known accordion function)
• blockHover (this function is not a block initiator, not a hover event callback, maybe both of them, but nobody knows the block)
• quick_view (yes, underscore is a cool thing — sometime) 
• function_exists (you are not in PHP environment, don't care)
• totalValue (the total value of everything, everything)
• deleteProductFromSummary (AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs)
• refreshOddRow (refreshing stuff is very cool, specially HTML table row)
• …

If you are PHP dev, imagine use those functions in global scope, with global vars… 

 

I'm the only front-end who practice a modern Javascript here ?
Is there a project for javascript developers in the forge ?

 

thank you. 

[violy]

hello #PrestaShopDay

is somebody here ?