I Need Help for Managing Data Across Multiple Scripts in MiniScript?

Tessa

Hello everyone :

I hope everyone is fine. I have been loving the language simplicity and power for a few tiny projects. I have largely used it to make some fun text based games and short experiments, and it has been a fantastic experience thus far. I have arrived at an obstacle with handling data across multiple scripts, and I am hoping to get some advice from the more experienced users here.

I am working on a more complex project that requires splitting out the logic into individual scripts., one script handles user input, another handles game logic, and the third handles data presentation. My challenge is to figure out how to efficiently distribute and handle data amongst various programs.

Mini Script permanent global variables appear to be useful; but I am not sure how to include this in a modular framework. I am concerned about keeping the code clean and legible while avoiding any strange dependencies and circular references across scripts.

What is the ideal approach to arrange a Mini Script project that includes numerous files and scripts? Should I rely on a main script that calls additional functions, or is there a better method for organising the code?
How do you manage data moving between scripts? I'm searching for an effective approach for communicating huge quantities of data such as game status and user preferences without reducing performance and confusing the code.
Are there any best practices or frequent hazards to be mindful of while utilising Mini Script in a modular or large-scale project?

Also I explored some topics related to this https://forums.miniscript.org/d/312-miniscript-language-161-and-command-line-miniscript-121 salesforceadmin -language-161-and-command-line-miniscript-121 but I did not get the sufficient solution of my query so I would really want to get some help from a more experienced person

I am accepting any suggestions and examples you may have. I can provide some parts of my code, but I would like to get a better understanding of how to approach this before proceeding.
Thanks in advance for helping us :

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jstrout

Hi Tessa! I am so sorry for the slow reply. As I'm sure you noticed, our forum got overrun by spammers and I'm only now trying to get back on top of it.

I hope you're still enjoying MiniScript, and in case it's useful, here are my thoughts about your excellent questions.

For a large project, I recommend a relatively small main program, with most of the functionality broken out into separate modules.
Use ensureImport (from the importUtil library module) so that each module can import whatever it needs to run. Also, wherever possible, make each of those modules run some tests when loaded and run by itself; this will speed up your development.
For small amounts of global state data, simple global variables are fine. But if you have a lot of such data, then make a module for it. The module (script) can define the default values for all that state, and include comments to remind you what it's all for; then anything else in the script can import that module and reference the data via the module name.

For example, you might have a prefs.ms script, which defines default values for all the user preferences, and probably also has methods to save and load those preferences. Other code will ensureImport "prefs", and then access prefs.userName, prefs.favoriteColor etc.

Let me know if this clears things up for you. And I'd love to hear more about your project! (And feel free to join us on Discord, which is a lot more active than these forums — though I hope to see more non-spam activity here in the future!)