HWZT chapter 6 (JS Variables):

A few things have changed since How To Write a Zotero Translator was written. To use its first Scaffold example as an example:

1. Ensure the first sample page is open in your browser and has focus.
2. Open Scaffold 2.0 from the Firefox main menu with Tools>Scaffold. This should popup dialog=“Zotero Scaffold”.
3. If you are not already in tab=Metadata, select that. Enter some text in the Label and Creator fields.
4. The URI of the sample page has changed since HWZT, so you will need to enter Target=

   http://niche-canada.org/member-projects/zotero-guide/

5. Hit button=“Test Regex”. You should get a result, in the “Test Frame” on the right of the tab, similar to that described in HWZT.
6. Instead of

   Click on the "Detect Code" tab

   , click on tab=Code. As directed, in that tab enter the expressions

   var myVariable=4;
   Zotero.debug(myVariable);

7. Click on icon=“Run doWeb” (a stylized thunderbolt) to obtain an evaluation like

   12:00:00 ===>4<===(number)

8. To also obtain an evaluation like

   12:00:00 detectWeb returned type "undefined"

   , you will need to also click on icon=“Run detectWeb” (the eye next to the thunderbolt).

The subsequent examples behave similarly.

Next: * Chapter 7: JavaScript Methods & Math