January 12, 2011 - ElegantCode

12 Jan

2011

Programming is not a Craft: My Take

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: Craftsmanship:6 Comments

Dan North has provided tremendous benefit to our profession and in the brief conversations I have had with him has proven to be an affable guy. I was a bit taken aback when I read his recent post: Programming is not a Craft. Dan?s sentiments are not unique. I have heard similar opinions from other […]

12 Jan

2011

Basic JavaScript Part 6: Automatic Semicolon Insertion

By: Jan Van Ryswyck Category:UncategorizedTag: JavaScript:5 Comments

Here are the links to the previous installments: Functions Objects Prototypes Enforcing New on Constructor Functions Hoisting For this post, I?m going to discuss a feature of JavaScript that can easily get you in trouble. Semicolons in JavaScript are not mandatory. This means that if you forget to place a semicolon after some statement, JavaScript […]