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How do YOU(specifically, you) watch for variable changes in your script? #javscript #AllOtherCodeToo

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3rd Jul 2017, 10:21 PM
Russel Reeder
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Cool. Read respond to bottom line? Or question that was asked? That would be cool. Here's the code if u just wanna run it. https://code.sololearn.com/Wym9D6UC951F/?ref=app
4th Jul 2017, 1:10 PM
Russel Reeder
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll check out the code when I have more time.
10th Jul 2017, 1:43 AM
Russel Reeder
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tldr, too much spaghetti, cant even bother to read. dont expect ppl to read the whole chunk
4th Jul 2017, 1:08 PM
David Sebastian Keshvi Illiakis
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getter setter fiddle I looked at for reference https://jsfiddle.net/5o1wf1bn/1/. good luck
10th Jul 2017, 2:22 AM
James Mclean
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I was looking at this as well. First I will tell you what I did. I ended up throwing an event with parameters and catching it. See paint Surface Events. Second you can use getters and setter (haven't tried this yet but looks like you can wrap function calls inside them). Note I'm learning this as well so this may be wrong. https://code.sololearn.com/WproocS67By9/?ref=app
10th Jul 2017, 1:40 AM
James Mclean
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