Best Practices for Modern Javascript Development

A non-exhaustive list of good practices that will help you to become a better javascript developer

Javascript is definitely a very popular language on the web, and every web developer has to deal with it someday. For this article Jean-Baptiste Jung has compiled a non-exhaustive list of good practices that will help you to become a better javascript developer.

  • Use the correct <script> tag
  • Keep your code in an external file
  • Don't wrap code in HTML comments
  • Use a framework
  • Always declare your variables using var
  • Keep your code unobstructive
  • Include your scripts at the bottom of your HTML files
  • Use JSLint
  • Don't use document.write

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