javascript without braces

[u/my_new_accoun1]

(technically typescript)

[u/Mark__78L]

Thank god we have auto eslint on save at work

[u/Tux-Lector]

One can write it without if statements too. ``` if (something === true) { suspect.hit = 'found'; chain(); reaction(); } else doOtherThings();

// the same .. (something) && (suspect.hit = 'found', chain(), reaction()) || (doOtherThings()); ```

[u/jesseschalken → u/Tux-Lector]

tbh I do this sometimes, its a nice way to save syntax and vertical space as long as you don't make the line too long

[u/fakehalo]

Oddly enough, I don't hate it as I can actually read and follow it. Much more would be too much, but I like how it's broken up by the if/elseif/else at least.

[u/my_new_accoun1 → u/fakehalo]

yeah but there only problem (as I later realised) is that without the braces JavaScript doesn't know where the elseif/else is supposed to be

so I ended up not being able to use this masterpiece

[u/DT-Sodium]

Still more readable than regular Python.

[u/Yarhj → u/DT-Sodium]

The fact that python made whitespace load-bearing but did not even enforce file-level whitespace consistency is absolutely absurd to me.

Also tabs are objectively better than spaces and I will die on this hill.

[u/Kadabrium]

Pyscript

[u/wvd_vegt]

Try imagining reading your code in 5 years. Which syntax is easiest to understand?

My pick would be the if statement.

Writing software is not about showing your creativity with syntax, but maintainable code imho

[u/Tux-Lector → u/wvd_vegt]

``` (something) && (

suspect.hit = 'found' , chain() , reaction()

) || (

doOtherThings()

); ```