Hasty Treat - Bike Shedding
Apr 01, 2019•31 min
Episode description
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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