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parker keller
6,539 Pointsnaming variables with var vs const/let?
is it still considered a best practice to name variables with var when working with jQuery? so far inmost other courses it seems as though we should mainly be focusing on const and let when creating variables, so I'm not sure if this video was just made prior to this change, or if var still works
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jacksonpranica
17,610 PointsI'm going to go with the reasoning that the video was made before the let / const came out. I also had this thought during the whole jquery videos and I just continued to use let and const on my own. It didn't break the programs or anything so it should be fine.
Additionally, I'm a firm believe that let and const are the way to go as the const really is great when you want to make a variable you don't want to change. Sometimes accidents happen and it's good to have javascript catch a place when you wanted to assign a different variable but you accidentally assigned the const.
parker keller
6,539 Pointsparker keller
6,539 PointsThanks Jackson, that's pretty much what I assumed. I've been naming with const/let and including things like arrow functions and other stuff introduced in prior classes from the js track and so far so good. Just wanted to check in case jQuery had some weird naming conventions