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JavaScript Treehouse Club - MASH MASH - JavaScript Important Stuff - Part 2

Using one function that does everything is the best kind of function.

Why not?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

Why have a function at all?

If you could write code that "does everything", you probably wouldn't need a function at all.

But one of the advantages of functions is to separate and isolate logical parts of your program, so having just one that does "everything" wouldn't make sense.