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Code Should Be Self Documented

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"I like writing comments. It helps me, my type of brain get a get a handle on something a little bit faster" "Sometimes comments are just there to make it easier for everyone, to help them understand" 'Code should be self-documenting' is another big thing he says.

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their coding styles - functional vs object oriented, interfaces vs types, tabs vs spaces, should comments exist? And a whole lot more.

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Show Notes

00:07 Welcome
01:56 Functional vs object oriented
03:49 Interfaces vs types
05:38 Tabs vs spaces
07:02 Semicolons vs no semicolons
08:10 Let vs const
09:33 Do you explicitly type or allow TypeScript do it’s magic?
11:26 Naming variables
Naming convention for programming
15:13 Methods of looping
18:03 if statement curlys
20:57 Naming files
24:46 Inline testing vs running test as a process
25:31 Sponsor: Freshbooks
26:37 CSS property:val; or property: val;
27:40 CSS nesting?
29:49 Alphabetizing CSS properties
31:11 Rems, Ems, PX, Etc…
33:37 How do you center something in CSS?
35:22 How do you make something 100% height?
36:52 Sponsor: Sentry
37:30 Should comments exist?
Better Comments
Wes’ custom parser for VS Code
Todo Tree
42:31 Creating HTML
45:28 Components in app or in isolation?
47:41 Sponsor: Sanity
48:45 Single component per file vs multiple
Storybook
50:22 Naming components
51:19 General stuff
53:55 ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

Scott: Scott’s iPad case for kids
Wes: Garbage can with custom bags.

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