Coding convention in [removed] use of spaces between parentheses

Question

According to JSHint, a Javascript programmer should not add a space after the first parenthesis and before the last one.

I have seen a lot of good Javascript libraries t

Answer 1

I prefer the second format. However there are also coding style standards out there that insist on the first. Given the fact that javascript is often transmitted as source (e.g. any client-side code), one could see a slightly stronger case with it than with other languages, but only marginally so.

I find the second more readable, you find the first more readable, and since we aren't working on the same code we should each stick as we like. Were you and I to collaborate then it would probably be better that we picked one rather than mixed them (less readable than either), but while there have been holy wars on such matters since long before javascript was around (in other languages with similar syntax such as C), both have their merits.