I'm working on an article about patterns for structuring Express.JS apps, which is taking too long, so I decided to write this instead: Here are a few tips and tricks for JavaScript programming that I like.
Comment switches
Comment switches let you comment out entire blocks of code with a single character, or switch between two different blocks of code with a single character, which can be useful when prototyping.
//*
console.log("Hello!\n");
/*/
console.log("Goodbye!\n");
// */
Removing the first slash '/' toggles between these two print statements. See the
original post for more examples of comment switches.
Iterate by Counting Down
You can iterate n times concisely, like this:
var n = 1000;
while (n--) { ... }
Defaulting Arguments
This is a handy way to provide a default value for undefined arguments in a JavaScript function.
function foo(bar) {
var bar = bar || "Some default";
...
}
