Question

I found some old code which I’m not sure I understand completely. The folowing is an .aspx page containing only JavaScript:

<%@ Page Language="C#" EnableSessionState="True" CodePage="65001" uiculture="auto" %>

<%
Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
%>


var csBackgroundColor;

function testfx() {
    csBackgroundColor.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
}

and it was referenced like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="filename.js.aspx"></script>

I’m wondering why it wasn’t just marked as completely a JavaScript file? Was it done this way so you could include code blocks? With the file this way, I don’t even get IntelliSense.

Answer 1

<hack>To get intellisense you could wrap the code in <script> ... </script> blocks and remove them before saving.</hack>

This was probably created by a developer that didn’t want to, couldn’t, or didn’t have the time to write object oriented JavaScript. Encapsulating the logic and configuring through a configuration object would allow you to de-couple the code from external variable dependencies, (e.g. var foo = <%= SomeServerSideVariable %>).