In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about bike shedding - issues that are hotly debated, but may not matter that much in the long run.

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Show Notes

3:03 - What is Bike Shedding?

Technical disputes over minor, marginal issues conducted while more serious ones are being overlooked. The implied image is of people arguing over what color to paint the bike shed while the house is not finished.

4:39 - Tabs vs spaces

Two spaces

5:50 - Single vs double quotes

Single in JS, double in HTML

7:05 - Semicolons or not

Semicolons

9:01 - Grouping/ordering CSS properties

Wes: Format
Scott: Alphabetical

12:35 - var vs let vs const

Scott: const for life — let when needed
Wes: const by default — change to let when needed

14:24 - Default vs named exports

Use both
Mix-n-match

15:58 - Should designers code?

If interested, sure

17:58 - Which front-end framework

Whichever one best suits your needs

19:30 - Vim/Emacs vs Atom/VS Code/Sublime

VS Code

21:53 - Small perf wins

Micro optimization often aren’t needed

25:14 - Browser support

If you’re required to support it, then support it

25:47 - Block formatting

Function block
Else on a new line vs else after block

29:07 - Trailing comma

Links

Law of Triviality
React
Vue.js
AngularJS
Ember.js
Vim
Emacs
Atom
Sublime
VS Code

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