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This would make it easier to test, and thus make sure that the event listeners are functioning properly on all platforms.
While event listeners may seem simple and not worth the effort to unit test, they can conflict or have obvious issues that are prevalent, but not easily found due to the differences between platforms that plague them.
For instance, the touchStarted() & touchEnded() functions, which both had doubling issues and issues with working with their corresponding mouse functions mousePressed() & mouseReleased() which wasn't detected for a long time and meant serious issues with mobile sketches.
The PRs are listed below:
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This would make it easier to test, and thus make sure that the event listeners are functioning properly on all platforms. While event listeners may seem simple and not worth the effort to unit test, they can conflict or have obvious issues that are prevalent, but not easily found due to the differences between platforms that plague them.
For instance, the
touchStarted()&touchEnded()functions, which both had doubling issues and issues with working with their corresponding mouse functionsmousePressed()&mouseReleased()which wasn't detected for a long time and meant serious issues with mobile sketches. The PRs are listed below:Most appropriate sub-area of p5.js?
Feature request details
Create a system for unit testing all of the event listeners and even combinations of related ones in order to make sure that they function properly.