Javascript naming conventions
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Published on 2012-03-13T13:58:22Z
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I am from Java background and am new to JavaScript. I have noticed many JavaScript methods using single character parameter names, such as in the following example.
doSomething(a,b,c)
I don't like it, but a fellow JavaScript developer convinced me that this is done to reduce the file size, noting that JavaScript files have to be transferred to the browser.
Then I found myself talking to another developer. He showed me the way that Firefox will truncate variable names to load the page faster. Is this a standard practice for web browsers?
What are the best-practice naming conversions that should be followed when programming in JavaScript? Does identifier length matter, and if so, to what extent?
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