Usage

Files

There are two files coming with this library. _vs2012.intallisense.js and NamespacesAndEnumSupport.js

You only need to include NamespacesAndEnumSupport.js in your code if you want to use the utilities namespace, ns or Enum so you won't get a runtime error in your javascript.

Utilities

Defining a namespace

1. By using the namespace (alias ns) method

namespace("MyApp.controllers") // defines MyApp.controllers nested namespaces in window
ns("mvvm.invoicing", MyApp)    // defines MyApp.mvvm.invoicing namespaces by specifying where to store them
ns("a/b/c/d", window, "/")     // defines namespaces a.b.c.d by using a custom separator

2. Your own manual code

window.MyApp = window.MyApp || {};
MyApp.__namespace = true;
MyApp.controllers = MyApp.controllers || {};
MyApp.__namespace = true;

Defining an enum

1. By using the Enum function

var countries = new Enum({Romania: 1, USA: 2, Germany: 3, Spain: 4, Netherlands: 5}) // defines an enum with some countries
var plants = new Enum({Flower: "flower", Tree: "tree", Cereal: "seed"})              // defines an enum with string values

2. Your own manual code

var countries = {Romania: 1, USA: 2, Germany: 3, Spain: 4, Netherlands: 5};
countries.__enum = true;                                                             // enables the enum glyph

Explicit options

You can set any of these on your objects/functions accordingly:

• __namespace = true - makes an object to look like a namespace
• __class = true - makes an function to look like a class
• __enum = true - makes an object to look like an enum
• __interface = true - makes a function to look like an interface
• __map = true - makes an object to look like a dictionary
• __const = true - makes an object to look like a constant
• __event = true - makes an object to look like an event
• __delegate = true - makes a function to look like a delegate

Implicit options

Besides the explicit setting of the above options, following rules apply:

• Anything named on**** will be considered an event
• Anything named with an Uppercase letter will be considered a Class
• Fields will automatically be declared by their current value type i.e.
• Number
• Boolean
• String
• RegExp
• null
• undefined
• Anything named constructor is always considered a Class
• Methods defined on Object.prototype have specific glyph icon
• Methods defined on custom .prototype have specific glyph icon (like an external method)
• Keyword prototype has a specific glyph icon
• Any DOM element will be automatically detected and have specific glyph icon