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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their preferred coding styles and preferences they use, and why.

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Show Notes

• 00:11 Welcome
• 02:35 Function definition
• 06:43 File path aliases
• 09:36 Implicit vs Explicit Return
• 13:49 Array.reduce() VS literally anything else
• 17:37 Loop vs array method
• 22:55 Sponsor: Linode
• 23:37 Updating vs creating a new var
• 30:36 Iterable to Array
• 34:46 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 36:16 Destructuring vs Object.property
• 39:22 Destructuring Arrays vs Reference by index
• 41:40 Number(string) vs +string
• 43:35 Incrementing
• 45:06 Multiple ifs
• 47:48 Multiple ifs vs switch vs Ternary
• 51:05 Promises / Error Catching
• 53:50 if(falsy) block VS return false;
• 55:51 Sponsor: Freshbooks
• 56:26 Spaces vs tabs
• 58:39 Trailing commas
• 00:40 Semicolons
• 02:49 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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• Scott: Video Archives Podcast
• Wes: Ubiquiti Wifi

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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes try to stump each other with coding interview questions like what is a higher order component? What is functional programming? And more!

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Show Notes

• 00:26 Welcome
• 01:47 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response
• 03:00 Sponsor: Sentry
• 04:10 What is a higher order component?
• 05:34 What is functional programming?
• 09:00 What’s the purpose of cache busting and how do you achieve it?
• Wes’ course for Beginner JavaScript
• 10:37 What is short circuit evaluation?
• 13:19 What is a closure?
• 15:49 What is the reason for wrapping the contents of a JavaScript source file in a function that is then invoked?
• 17:30 Can you describe how CSS specificity works?
• 20:15 How does prototypal inheritance differ from classical inheritance?
• 23:56 What is the difference between a parameter and an argument?

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