tl;dr If you’re not calling anything until everything loads, you should be fine. Edit: For an overview which also covers some ES6 declarations (let, const): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Scope_Cheatsheet This weird behavior depends on How you define the functions and When you call them. Here’s some examples. bar(); //This won’t throw an error function bar() {} foo(); //This … Read more
It’s a style guide to avoid statements that could be liable to assumptions about automatic semicolon insertion. The idea is that you make it clear by the end of a line whether the expression ends there or could be continued on the next line.
If you are using a relatively recent version of JSHint, the generally preferred approach is to create a .jshintrc file in the root of your project, and put this config in it: { “globals”: { “$”: false } } This declares to JSHint that $ is a global variable, and the false indicates that it … Read more
Yes, there is a way. Two in fact. In October 2013 jshint added a way to ignore blocks of code like this: // Code here will be linted with JSHint. /* jshint ignore:start */ // Code here will be ignored by JSHint. /* jshint ignore:end */ // Code here will be linted with JSHint. You … Read more
When relying upon ECMAScript 6 features such as const, you should set this option so JSHint doesn’t raise unnecessary warnings. /*jshint esnext: true */ (Edit 2015.12.29: updated syntax to reflect @Olga’s comments) /*jshint esversion: 6 */ const Suites = { Spade: 1, Heart: 2, Diamond: 3, Club: 4 }; This option, as the name suggests, … Read more
TL;DR Use JSLint if you’re looking for a very high standard for yourself or your team, but bear in mind that it’s not necessarily the standard, only a standard, some of which comes to us dogmatically from Doug Crockford. If you want to be a bit more flexible or have some old pros on your … Read more
To disable next line: // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define var thing = new Thing(); Or use the single line syntax: var thing = new Thing(); // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define See the eslint docs