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## Whitespace
- Use hard tabs (set to 4 spaces)
```javascript
// bad
function() {
∙∙∙∙var name;
}
// bad
function() {
∙var name;
}
// bad
function() {
∙∙var name;
}
// good
function() {
var name;
}
```
- Place 1 space before the leading brace.
```javascript
// bad
function test(){
console.log('test');
}
// good
function test() {
console.log('test');
}
// bad
dog.set('attr',{
age: '1 year',
breed: 'Bernese Mountain Dog'
});
// good
dog.set('attr', {
age: '1 year',
breed: 'Bernese Mountain Dog'
});
```
- Set off operators with spaces.
```javascript
// bad
var x=y+5;
// good
var x = y + 5;
```
- End files with a single newline character.
```javascript
// bad
(function(global) {
// ... stuff ...
})(this);
```
```javascript
// bad
(function(global) {
// ... stuff ...
})(this);↵
↵
```
```javascript
// good
(function(global) {
// ...stuff...
})(this);↵
```
- Remove all trailing whitespace
```javascript
// bad
function() {∙∙
var name;
∙∙
// ... stuff ...
}
// good
function() {
var name;
// ... stuff ...
}
```
- Use indentation when making long method chains. Of course, avoiding using chains this long in the first place is preferable.
```javascript
// bad
var leds = stage.selectAll('.led').data(data).enter().append('svg:svg').class('led', true)
.attr('width', (radius + margin) * 2).append('svg:g')
.attr('transform', 'translate(' + (radius + margin) + ',' + (radius + margin) + ')')
.call(tron.led);
// good
var leds = stage.selectAll('.led')
.data(data)
.enter().append('svg:svg')
.class('led', true)
.attr('width', (radius + margin) * 2)
.append('svg:g')
.attr('transform', 'translate(' + (radius + margin) + ',' + (radius + margin) + ')')
.call(tron.led);
```
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## Commas
- Leading commas: **Nope.**
```javascript
// bad
var once
, upon
, aTime;
// good
var once,
upon,
aTime;
// bad
var hero = {
firstName: 'Bob'
, lastName: 'Parr'
, heroName: 'Mr. Incredible'
, superPower: 'strength'
};
// good
var hero = {
firstName: 'Bob',
lastName: 'Parr',
heroName: 'Mr. Incredible',
superPower: 'strength'
};
```
- Additional trailing comma: **Nope.** This can cause problems with IE6/7 and IE9 if it's in quirksmode. Also, in some implementations of ES3 would add length to an array if it had an additional trailing comma. This was clarified in ES5 ([source](http://es5.github.io/#D)):
> Edition 5 clarifies the fact that a trailing comma at the end of an ArrayInitialiser does not add to the length of the array. This is not a semantic change from Edition 3 but some implementations may have previously misinterpreted this.
```javascript
// bad
var hero = {
firstName: 'Kevin',
lastName: 'Flynn',
};
var heroes = [
'Batman',
'Superman',
];
// good
var hero = {
firstName: 'Kevin',
lastName: 'Flynn'
};
var heroes = [
'Batman',
'Superman'
];
```
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## Semicolons
- **Yup.**
```javascript
// bad
(function() {
var name = 'Skywalker'
return name
})()
// good
(function() {
var name = 'Skywalker';
return name;
})();
// good (guards against the function becoming an argument when two files with IIFEs are concatenated)
;(function() {
var name = 'Skywalker';
return name;
})();
```
[Read more](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7365214/1712802).
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## Type Casting & Coercion
- Perform type coercion at the beginning of the statement.
- Strings:
```javascript
// => this.reviewScore = 9;
// bad
var totalScore = this.reviewScore + '';
// good
var totalScore = '' + this.reviewScore;
// bad
var totalScore = '' + this.reviewScore + ' total score';
// good
var totalScore = this.reviewScore + ' total score';
```
- Use `parseInt` for Numbers and always with a radix for type casting.
```javascript
var inputValue = '4';
// bad
var val = new Number(inputValue);
// bad
var val = +inputValue;
// bad
var val = inputValue >> 0;
// bad
var val = parseInt(inputValue);
// good
var val = Number(inputValue);
// good
var val = parseInt(inputValue, 10);
```
- If for whatever reason you are doing something wild and `parseInt` is your bottleneck and need to use Bitshift for [performance reasons](http://jsperf.com/coercion-vs-casting/3), leave a comment explaining why and what you're doing.
```javascript
// good
/*
parseInt was the reason my code was slow.
Bitshifting the String to coerce it to a
Number made it a lot faster.
*/
var val = inputValue >> 0;
```
- **Note:** Be careful when using bitshift operations. Numbers are represented as [64-bit values](http://es5.github.io/#x4.3.19), but Bitshift operations always return a 32-bit integer ([source](http://es5.github.io/#x11.7)). Bitshift can lead to unexpected behavior for integer values larger than 32 bits. [Discussion](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/issues/109). Largest signed 32-bit Int is 2,147,483,647:
```javascript
2147483647 >> 0 //=> 2147483647
2147483648 >> 0 //=> -2147483648
2147483649 >> 0 //=> -2147483647
```
- Booleans:
```javascript
var age = 0;
// bad
var hasAge = new Boolean(age);
// good
var hasAge = Boolean(age);
// good
var hasAge = !!age;
```
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## Naming Conventions
- Avoid single letter names. Be descriptive with your naming. Names representing types should be nouns. Names representing methods should be verbs or verb phrases.
```javascript
// bad
function q() {
// ... stuff ...
}
// good
function query() {
// ... stuff ...
}
```
- Use camelCase when naming objects, functions, and instances. Abbreviations and acronyms should also use camel case when used as a name.
```javascript
// bad
var OBJEcttsssss = {};
var this_is_my_object = {};
function c() {}
var u = new user({
name: 'Bob Parr'
});
// bad
function parseJSON() {};
var XMLDocument;
// good
var thisIsMyObject = {};
function thisIsMyFunction() {}
var user = new User({
name: 'Bob Parr'
});
// good
function parseJson() {};
var xmlDocument;
```
- Use PascalCase when naming constructors or classes
```javascript
// bad
function user(options) {
this.name = options.name;
}
var bad = new user({
name: 'nope'
});
// good
function User(options) {
this.name = options.name;
}
var good = new User({
name: 'yup'
});
```
- Use Screaming Snake Case for constants
```javascript
// bad
var some_constant = 5;
// good
var SOME_CONSTANT = 5;
```
- Use a leading underscore `_` when naming private properties
```javascript
// bad
this.__firstName__ = 'Panda';
this.firstName_ = 'Panda';
// good
this._firstName = 'Panda';
```
- It is not recommended that you save a reference to `this`; YUI provides the ability to maintain context either by passing in a context as an argument, or through the use of the YUI [bind method](http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/api/classes/YUI.html#method_bind). If you *absolutely* need to save a reference to `this` use `_this`.
```javascript
// bad
function() {
var self = this;
return function() {
console.log(self);
};
}
// bad
function() {
var that = this;
return function() {
console.log(that);
};
}
// good
function() {
return Y.bind(function() {
console.log(this);
}, this);
}
// ok
function() {
var _this = this;
return function() {
console.log(_this);
};
}
```
- Name your functions. This is helpful for stack traces. Note this is not necessary for class methods.
```javascript
// bad
var log = function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
};
// good
var log = function log(msg) {
console.log(msg);
};
// bad
var MyObj = {
log: function log(msg) {
console.log(msg);
}
};
// good
var MyObj = {
log: function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
}
};
```
- **Note:** IE8 and below exhibit some quirks with named function expressions. See [http://kangax.github.io/nfe/](http://kangax.github.io/nfe/) for more info.
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## Accessors
- Accessor functions for properties are not required
- If you do make accessor functions use getVal() and setVal('hello')
```javascript
// bad
dragon.age();
// good
dragon.getAge();
// bad
dragon.age(25);
// good
dragon.setAge(25);
```
- If the property is a boolean, use isVal() or hasVal()
```javascript
// bad
if (!dragon.age()) {
return false;
}
// good
if (!dragon.hasAge()) {
return false;
}
```
- It's okay to create get() and set() functions, but be consistent.
```javascript
function Jedi(options) {
options || (options = {});
var lightsaber = options.lightsaber || 'blue';
this.set('lightsaber', lightsaber);
}
Jedi.prototype.set = function(key, val) {
this[key] = val;
};
Jedi.prototype.get = function(key) {
return this[key];
};
```
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## Constructors
- Assign methods to the prototype object, instead of overwriting the prototype with a new object. Overwriting the prototype makes inheritance impossible: by resetting the prototype you'll overwrite the base!
```javascript
function Jedi() {
console.log('new jedi');
}
// bad
Jedi.prototype = {
fight: function fight() {
console.log('fighting');
},
block: function block() {
console.log('blocking');
}
};
// good
Jedi.prototype.fight = function fight() {
console.log('fighting');
};
Jedi.prototype.block = function block() {
console.log('blocking');
};
```
- Methods can return `this` to help with method chaining.
```javascript
// bad
Jedi.prototype.jump = function() {
this.jumping = true;
return true;
};
Jedi.prototype.setHeight = function(height) {
this.height = height;
};
var luke = new Jedi();
luke.jump(); // => true
luke.setHeight(20) // => undefined
// good
Jedi.prototype.jump = function() {
this.jumping = true;
return this;
};
Jedi.prototype.setHeight = function(height) {
this.height = height;
return this;
};
var luke = new Jedi();
luke.jump()
.setHeight(20);
```
- It's okay to write a custom toString() method, just make sure it works successfully and causes no side effects.
```javascript
function Jedi(options) {
options || (options = {});
this.name = options.name || 'no name';
}
Jedi.prototype.getName = function getName() {
return this.name;
};
Jedi.prototype.toString = function toString() {
return 'Jedi - ' + this.getName();
};
```
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## Events
- When firing custom events, avoid locking your code into a specific fire and callback signature by sending all event data in an object passed as the second argument. For example, instead of:
```javascript
// bad
Y.fire('birthday', 'John Cardinal', new Date(1949, 11, 12));
// ... stuff ...
Y.on('birthday', function(e, name, dateOfBirth) {
// do something with name and dateOfBirth
});
```
prefer:
```javascript
// good
Y.fire('birthday', {
name: 'John Cardinal',
dateOfBirth: new Date(1949, 11, 12)
});
// ... stuff ...
Y.on('birthday', function(event) {
// do something with event.name and event.dateOfBirth
});
```
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## YUI
- [YUI](http://yuilibrary.com/) is our primary JavaScript library. Don't pull in jQuery. Any other libraries you wish to use should be discussed with the Common Web team.
- Cache Y.Node lookups.
```javascript
// bad
function setSidebar() {
Y.one('.sidebar').hide();
// ... stuff ...
Y.one('.sidebar').setStyle({
'backgroundColor': 'pink'
});
}
// good
function setSidebar() {
var sidebarNode = Y.one('.sidebar');
sidebarNode.hide();
// ... stuff ...
sidebarNode.setStyle({
'backgroundColor': 'pink'
});
}
```
- For DOM queries use Cascading `Y.one('.sidebar ul')` or parent > child `Y.one('.sidebar > ul')`. [jsPerf (using jQuery)](http://jsperf.com/jquery-find-vs-context-sel/16)
- Use `one` with scoped Y.Node queries.
```javascript
// bad
Y.one('.sidebar').one('ul').hide();
// good
Y.one('.sidebar ul').hide();
// good
Y.one('.sidebar > ul').hide();
// good
sidebarNode.one('ul').hide();
```
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## ECMAScript 5 Compatibility
- Ensure any methods you're using are supported in all browsers your product is required to support.
- Refer to [Kangax](https://twitter.com/kangax/)'s ES5 [compatibility table](http://kangax.github.com/es5-compat-table/)
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## Testing
- **Yup.**
```javascript
function() {
return true;
}
```
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## Performance
- [On Layout & Web Performance](http://kellegous.com/j/2013/01/26/layout-performance/)
- [String vs Array Concat](http://jsperf.com/string-vs-array-concat/2)
- [Try/Catch Cost In a Loop](http://jsperf.com/try-catch-in-loop-cost)
- [Bang Function](http://jsperf.com/bang-function)
- [jQuery Find vs Context, Selector](http://jsperf.com/jquery-find-vs-context-sel/13)
- [innerHTML vs textContent for script text](http://jsperf.com/innerhtml-vs-textcontent-for-script-text)
- [Long String Concatenation](http://jsperf.com/ya-string-concat)
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## Resources
**Read This**
- [Annotated ECMAScript 5.1](http://es5.github.com/)
**Other Styleguides**
- [Google JavaScript Style Guide](http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml)
- [Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic JavaScript](https://github.com/rwldrn/idiomatic.js/)
**Other Styles**
- [Naming this in nested functions](https://gist.github.com/4135065) - Christian Johansen
- [Conditional Callbacks](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/issues/52)
- [Popular JavaScript Coding Conventions on Github](http://sideeffect.kr/popularconvention/#javascript)
**Further Reading**
- [Understanding JavaScript Closures](http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/understanding-javascript-closures/) - Angus Croll
- [Basic JavaScript for the impatient programmer](http://www.2ality.com/2013/06/basic-javascript.html) - Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
- [ES6 Features](https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features) - Luke Hoban
**Books**
- [JavaScript: The Good Parts](http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742) - Douglas Crockford
- [JavaScript Patterns](http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Patterns-Stoyan-Stefanov/dp/0596806752) - Stoyan Stefanov
- [Pro JavaScript Design Patterns](http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Design-Patterns-Recipes-Problem-Solution/dp/159059908X) - Ross Harmes and Dustin Diaz
- [High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers](http://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Web-Sites-Essential/dp/0596529309) - Steve Souders
- [Maintainable JavaScript](http://www.amazon.com/Maintainable-JavaScript-Nicholas-C-Zakas/dp/1449327680) - Nicholas C. Zakas
- [JavaScript Web Applications](http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Web-Applications-Alex-MacCaw/dp/144930351X) - Alex MacCaw
- [Pro JavaScript Techniques](http://www.amazon.com/Pro-JavaScript-Techniques-John-Resig/dp/1590597273) - John Resig
- [Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere](http://www.amazon.com/Smashing-Node-js-JavaScript-Everywhere-Magazine/dp/1119962595) - Guillermo Rauch
- [Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja](http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-JavaScript-Ninja-John-Resig/dp/193398869X) - John Resig and Bear Bibeault
- [Human JavaScript](http://humanjavascript.com/) - Henrik Joreteg
- [Superhero.js](http://superherojs.com/) - Kim Joar Bekkelund, Mads Mobæk, & Olav Bjorkoy
- [JSBooks](http://jsbooks.revolunet.com/)
- [Third Party JavaScript](http://manning.com/vinegar/) - Ben Vinegar and Anton Kovalyov
**Blogs**
- [DailyJS](http://dailyjs.com/)
- [JavaScript Weekly](http://javascriptweekly.com/)
- [JavaScript, JavaScript...](http://javascriptweblog.wordpress.com/)
- [Bocoup Weblog](http://weblog.bocoup.com/)
- [Adequately Good](http://www.adequatelygood.com/)
- [NCZOnline](http://www.nczonline.net/)
- [Perfection Kills](http://perfectionkills.com/)
- [Ben Alman](http://benalman.com/)
- [Dmitry Baranovskiy](http://dmitry.baranovskiy.com/)
- [Dustin Diaz](http://dustindiaz.com/)
- [nettuts](http://net.tutsplus.com/?s=javascript)
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## In the Wild
This is a list of other organizations that have also forked the original [Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript).
- **Aan Zee**: [AanZee/javascript](https://github.com/AanZee/javascript)
- **Airbnb**: [airbnb/javascript](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
- **American Insitutes for Research**: [AIRAST/javascript](https://github.com/AIRAST/javascript)
- **Compass Learning**: [compasslearning/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/compasslearning/javascript-style-guide)
- **DailyMotion**: [dailymotion/javascript](https://github.com/dailymotion/javascript)
- **Digitpaint** [digitpaint/javascript](https://github.com/digitpaint/javascript)
- **ExactTarget**: [ExactTarget/javascript](https://github.com/ExactTarget/javascript)
- **Gawker Media**: [gawkermedia/javascript](https://github.com/gawkermedia/javascript)
- **GeneralElectric**: [GeneralElectric/javascript](https://github.com/GeneralElectric/javascript)
- **GoodData**: [gooddata/gdc-js-style](https://github.com/gooddata/gdc-js-style)
- **Grooveshark**: [grooveshark/javascript](https://github.com/grooveshark/javascript)
- **How About We**: [howaboutwe/javascript](https://github.com/howaboutwe/javascript)
- **Mighty Spring**: [mightyspring/javascript](https://github.com/mightyspring/javascript)
- **MinnPost**: [MinnPost/javascript](https://github.com/MinnPost/javascript)
- **ModCloth**: [modcloth/javascript](https://github.com/modcloth/javascript)
- **Money Advice Service**: [moneyadviceservice/javascript](https://github.com/moneyadviceservice/javascript)
- **National Geographic**: [natgeo/javascript](https://github.com/natgeo/javascript)
- **National Park Service**: [nationalparkservice/javascript](https://github.com/nationalparkservice/javascript)
- **Orion Health**: [orionhealth/javascript](https://github.com/orionhealth/javascript)
- **Peerby**: [Peerby/javascript](https://github.com/Peerby/javascript)
- **Razorfish**: [razorfish/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/razorfish/javascript-style-guide)
- **reddit**: [reddit/styleguide/javascript](https://github.com/reddit/styleguide/tree/master/javascript)
- **REI**: [reidev/js-style-guide](https://github.com/reidev/js-style-guide)
- **Ripple**: [ripple/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/ripple/javascript-style-guide)
- **SeekingAlpha**: [seekingalpha/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/seekingalpha/javascript-style-guide)
- **Shutterfly**: [shutterfly/javascript](https://github.com/shutterfly/javascript)
- **TheLadders**: [TheLadders/javascript](https://github.com/TheLadders/javascript)
- **Userify**: [userify/javascript](https://github.com/userify/javascript)
- **Zillow**: [zillow/javascript](https://github.com/zillow/javascript)
- **ZocDoc**: [ZocDoc/javascript](https://github.com/ZocDoc/javascript)
## Translation
The original [Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript) is also available in other languages:
- :de: **German**: [timofurrer/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/timofurrer/javascript-style-guide)
- :jp: **Japanese**: [mitsuruog/javacript-style-guide](https://github.com/mitsuruog/javacript-style-guide)
- :br: **Portuguese**: [armoucar/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/armoucar/javascript-style-guide)
- :cn: **Chinese**: [adamlu/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/adamlu/javascript-style-guide)
- :es: **Spanish**: [paolocarrasco/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/paolocarrasco/javascript-style-guide)
- :kr: **Korean**: [tipjs/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/tipjs/javascript-style-guide)
- :fr: **French**: [nmussy/javascript-style-guide](https://github.com/nmussy/javascript-style-guide)
- :ru: **Russian**: [uprock/javascript](https://github.com/uprock/javascript)
- :bg: **Bulgarian**: [borislavvv/javascript](https://github.com/borislavvv/javascript)
## The JavaScript Style Guide Guide
- [Reference](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/wiki/The-JavaScript-Style-Guide-Guide)
## Contributors
- [View Contributors](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/graphs/contributors)
## License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2014 Airbnb
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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