Code to improve error message display (prevent repeats, log to console dev errors instead of alert box)

ayanova/src/api/gzutil.js

@@ -94,6 +94,23 @@ export default {
     //             //No longer than 255 characters
     //             inObj = StringUtil.MaxLength(inObj, 255);
     //             return inObj;
+  },
+  ///////////////////////////////
+  // Quick hash for trivial purposes
+  // not cryptographic
+  // https://stackoverflow.com/a/7616484/8939
+  //
+  quickHash: function(theString) {
+    var hash = 0,
+      i,
+      chr;
+    if (theString.length === 0) return hash;
+    for (i = 0; i < theString.length; i++) {
+      chr = theString.charCodeAt(i);
+      hash = (hash << 5) - hash + chr;
+      hash |= 0; // Convert to 32bit integer
+    }
+    return hash;
   }
 
   //new functions above here