Semicolons, or the lack of them, can cause hard to spot bugs in your programs due to the infamous Automatic Semicolon Insertion (ASI) in JavaScript.
WIIFY
Be more confident, and avoid bugs/cryptic linter warnings in JS code.
Key Points
This lightning talk will describe some of said problems, how even popular style guides mislead on what should be a mere preference, and why it is important to learn the actual rules of ASI.
Impact
Know: ASI exists and cannot be turned off
Believe: You need to know ASI rules as a JS developer
Do: Start knowing them, and be a better JS developer
Summary
Semicolons, or the lack of them, can cause hard to spot bugs in your programs due to the infamous Automatic Semicolon Insertion (ASI) in JavaScript.
WIIFY
Be more confident, and avoid bugs/cryptic linter warnings in JS code.
Key Points
This lightning talk will describe some of said problems, how even popular style guides mislead on what should be a mere preference, and why it is important to learn the actual rules of ASI.
Impact
Know: ASI exists and cannot be turned off Believe: You need to know ASI rules as a JS developer Do: Start knowing them, and be a better JS developer
Slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Gyqcty0yJZPHhn6b6HmtWsqhvjmqyeSDGx4qxZdGjEY/edit?usp=sharing