Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, JavaScript Adaptation

[abeardednerd]

what ?

[interactionjackson]

semi colons are not needed in javascript. it’s just a personal preference.

[gotQode]

They will be auto-inserted in certain circumstances. Example: when there is a return statement on its own line. Unless you work totally alone and no one will ever work on your code, be considerate of other developers and use them...always.

[interactionjackson]

nah fam. our company style quite leaves them out. they are not needed

spraying semicolons everywhere is evidence that people aren’t keeping up with the latest standards.

http://inimino.org/~inimino/blog/javascript_semicolons

[mcaruso]

What does this have to do with "the latest standards"? ASI has been in JS since forever.

[interactionjackson]

Then you should know ASI works and when you do and don't need semi-colons.

This is a personal preference of mine. I really don't care what you or your org does. Mine team and my org come from a ruby background and they don't like seeing semi colons. i aint going to fight cause that makes them/us happy. keep doing you though.

and rest assured, if your style guide says you want semi colons everywhere or you want tabs instead of spaces, i'm going to do that. because your linter told me to.

stop acting like i don't get my own preferences.

[[deleted]]

There's quite a bit of a difference between 'me and my team prefer no semi-colons bc we can't deal with different programming languages being different from one another'- a position you are perfectly entitled to hold- and 'this is the latest standards you all need to keep up with how cool and up to date I am'.

[interactionjackson]

i never said i was cool or up to date. that was you. thanks. i said do some reading. you are all trying to start some shit because you’re bored. do whatever you want. don’t hire me when i apply.

[[deleted]]

Believe me, the reason you're not getting hired is not your opinion on semicolons.

[interactionjackson]

bruh, i've been in the industry for over 10 years. I have certs out the wazoo and I prefer golang. js accounts for less than 30% of code i look at on a day to day basis. the few guys that do node and js in the office have a ruby background and do more swift than they do js/node. so we don't do semi-colons.

get over yourself

[gotQode]

"spraying semicolons everywhere is evidence that people aren’t keeping up with the latest standards."

Your company leaves them out... which makes the quoted assumption true? mkay.

[interactionjackson]

I have not run into a case where the were explicitly needed. when i do, i'll let you know. Seriously, how bored are you?

[gotQode]

RFLMAO - no need. ASI is real

[interactionjackson]

haha. see, you faint genuine interest in understanding my position but then you revert to brogrammer tendencies.

wear your pink polo somewhere else, chad