Posts tagged with maintainability

  • JavaScript Static Code Analysis, part 2

    Feb 13, 2016

    In the previous post, I talked about static code analysis and how it can be useful in enforcing and maintaining a consistent coding style, but also in catching subtle bugs and code smells. The focus was on two tools, jscs and jshint. What other tools and techniques can you use?

  • JavaScript Static Code Analysis

    Feb 7, 2016

    Reading code is hard. It’s often difficult to understand what the developer was trying to express when he was writing that function. If you keep your old projects around, go ahead and open them. You’ll probably struggle to read even your own code. It might even look as if somebody else wrote it.