Discussion on: Why do we write JavaScript like this?

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Replies for: That's a good question, here's my answer to it: I don't understand why people still use the "function" keyword, unless you are accessing the "this...

Thanks for that response.

I agree, consistency is key. Which is why on my projects there are always a set of coding guidelines that are enforced in terms of naming, spacing, comments, all that.

I do use the "this" keyword relatively frequently however myself, specifically from within member functions of an object, to access member data or other member functions.

Functional Javascript • Aug 22 '20

That's because of your Object-oriented approach to programming.

I use a functional approach, so everything in that list I linked to in my last post are unnecessary.

Without those constructs, there is almost nothing left but funcs themselves, specifically, arrow funcs.