Hey folks. I know it has been sort of mentioned before in this tread [image] Pros and Cons about using "custom" Functions vs the basic set of nodes General I have been a busy little person with a couple of things I want to get done in NR. (Remote machine moni…

[image] TotallyInformation: I don't really see how that can help when using vanilla function nodes and editing in the Editor. Neither is ten finger typing, one can do it just as well with two. But once one has learnt to type with ten fingers, one doesn't go back to two. So it is when one lear…

Most of my function nodes are far too simplistic to require more formal documentation though they do often have lots of explanatory comments. I generally don't bother with date stamps though (1). For actual nodes, those are, of course semantically versioned for the most part, though a few modules ma…

Where to start? Start simple with what you enjoy the most. I started with simple coding similar to what you do in function nodes. Much later I learned git the hard way. However my background is from university when I studied programming and a decade worth of professional experience. I still remember…

[image] ThingsTinkerer: beginner unfriendly git was [image] ThingsTinkerer: but git is now universal. Replace git with Node-RED and only one of those statements is true. It's strange how git has taken over version control - it's just shows how well Linus Torvalds knew his target audien…

keys? Do you mean variable names? Yeah, but Way back when I did them one way. As I progressed, it changed. (don't know if for the better or worse. But change they did) As it is OLD CODE and I haven't touched it since it was written, the exact names used gets lost. (Ok, no excuse. I wrote the …

I'll need to look into it. But I'm not sure of the cost/benefit ratio.

[image] Trying_to_learn: But I'm not sure of the cost/benefit ratio. Like a compiled language, TS has benefits for large-scale development with large teams doing complex things. Typically, that is not what Node-RED is being used for. The benefit of staying with native JavaScript is that you d…

[image] TotallyInformation: Adding the ability to add Monaco extensions would be a massive help since you could then add things like eslint which is massively helpful as your code gets more complex. Could you elaborate on doing this then please? It sounds like the better way to go (IMO)

Unfortunately, I think it may need some changes to core. Unless someone else has worked it out like @Steve-Mcl or @GogoVega ?

Some thoughts for people who like `function` nodes and coding

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ThingsTinkerer 18 November 2025 08:39 11

Even better argument for typescript. It never forgets the variable names, even for old code

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Some thoughts for people who like `function` nodes and coding

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