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Cole Logan
4,582 PointsAre the commas at the end of the application properties convention or something?
Application.propTypes = { title: React.PropTypes.string, };
the semicolon isn't required for the code to compile it will still work the same also the semicolon at the end of the propTypes object isn't required.
can someone confirm my knowledge
1 Answer
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Cole Logan,
This practice isn't a convention but something a large portion of developers (including myself) do to overcome a common issue which is moving object properties around and not realising a line doesn't have a comma at the end. In a nutshell, having the trailing comma allows for easy movements of code without needing to think about missing commas which caused quite a bit of pain before IE9 rolled out to the world.
There is no requirement to follow this practice, but it is useful since browsers will compile the code just fine and it is even making an appearance in the next ECMAScript specification for function parameters which is a welcome site as adoption of this practice is becoming commonplace now.
Hope that helps.