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Moving between versions should preserve contents of buffer

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev

Research direction

Start by tracing how editor version changes handle the current script buffer and how scripts entered in the URL are preserved. Review the URL and cookie privacy implications before choosing an approach; done means user edits survive migration between editor versions without leaving the stated privacy concerns unresolved.

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Description

bug

Since 0.1.0 we've been able to move between different versions of the editor. Hooray!

However, currently the contents of the script buffer (IE the users' code) gets lost between this version migration. In the case that the user entered with a script in the URL we will preserve that script but not any subsequent changes.

I believe the following rule is good:

Whenever moving between editor versions, put the buffer contents into the URL bar so that the script migrates between versions

Implementation-wise there are a few privacy gotchas - If we put their script in the URL bar then it can/could end up in server logs. If we put it in a cookie we have to mention that we will use cookies in privacy policy.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
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Forks
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