Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

938: Hot Takes + Bike Shedding


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Wes and Scott dive into some hot takes and classic debates—tabs vs spaces, camel vs snake case, export styles, barrel files, variable naming, and more.

Show Notes
  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 01:26 CSS variables: descriptive vs. semantic
  • 03:38 snake_case vs. camelCase
  • 04:54 Default exports vs. named exports
  • 06:23 Barrel files vs. direct imports
  • 09:15 Function declaration vs. function expression
  • 11:00 Inferred types vs. explicit types
  • 13:40 Brought to you by Sentry.io
  • 14:40 Long and explicit variable names vs. short with comments
  • 16:27 Self-documenting code vs. code comments
  • 17:03 Rebase vs. merge commit
  • 18:39 Naming event parameters: e vs. event
  • 20:33 Tabs vs. spaces
  • 22:18 Big line height vs. small line height
  • 23:50 Hard line length vs. line wrap
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    Syntax - Tasty Web Development TreatsBy Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

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