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Self-documenting Code (lackofimagination.org)

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[–] hex@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean, boolean short circuit is a super idiomatic pattern in Javascript

[–] arendjr@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think that’s very team/project dependent. I’ve seen it done before indeed, but I’ve never been on a team where it was considered idiomatic.

[–] hex@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

That makes sense.

[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because on JS the goal is to shave bytes to save money on data transfer rates

[–] hex@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

It's not that deep. It looks nice, and is easy to understand.