Javascript Best Practices

JavaScript “Best Practices”Christian Heilmann | http://wait-till-i.com | http://scriptingenabled.org Bangalore, India, Yahoo internal training, February 2009“Best Practice” presentations are hard to do. Trying to tell developers to change their ways and follow your example is a tough call.I also consider it a flawed process.I am bored of discussions of syntax details.This is not about forcing you to believe what I believe.This is about telling you what worked for me and might as well work for you.I’ve collected a lot of ideas and tips over time how to be more effective.Make it understandableAvoid heavy nestingAvoid globalsOptimize loopsStick to a strict coding styleKeep DOM access to a minimumComment as much as needed but not moreDon't yield to browser whimsAvoid mixing with other Don't trust any data technologiesAdd functionality with Use shortcut notationsJavaScript, not contentModularizeBuild on the shoulders of giantsEnhance progressivelyDevelopment code is not live Allow for configuration and codetranslationMake it understandable!