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Discussion on: What are the hardest coding terms to search for?

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Melissa McEwen

For a long time when I was writing tutorials I didn't know what to call "=>" TBH I'm still not sure.

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HS

Since there's a lot of arrow things like "fat arrow" I say be creative let's call it "to the right pointy thingy" because why not

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Melissa McEwen

Arrow McArrowface πŸ˜‚

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HS

Love it

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Corey McCarty

it's the nominal part of an arrow function, so I'd go with arrow

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Patryk

"fat arrow"... Its name comes from Coffeescript, where there are also"thin" arrows (->), I believe.

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Melissa McEwen

Someone in PHP told me "hash rocket"