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JavaScript Coding Ninja

Code Quality: Ninja Code

Are one-letter variables a practical idea to use in programming?​

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Interview Response: No, they can confuse developers in a team environment and make it harder to debug your code.

Is it a good idea to abbreviate variable and function names?​

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Interview Response: No, they can confuse a team coders environment and make it harder to debug your code.

Is it a good idea in JavaScript to overlap variables?​

View Answer:
Interview Response: No, they can generate confusion in a collaborative atmosphere and make debugging your code more complex. Overlapping is not a good idea since it might lead to mistakes farther down in your code's layers.

Code Example:

let user = authenticateUser(); // Global declaration of the user

function render() {
  let user = anotherValue(); // Overlapping declaration of the user
  ...
  ...many lines...
  ...
  ... // <-- a programmer wants to work with a user here and...
  ...
}