Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

JavaScript

Posted by Akash Sharma
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Akash Sharma
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,147 Points

Why didn't Guil name the boolean constant isChecked rather than checked?

I was taught that boolean variable names should be more semantically meaningful so isChecked I thought would be better.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

That would be a good choice also. But "checked" happens to be the name of the element property that indicates if an input checkbox is checked, so it probably seemed natural to give that same name to the variable.