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

There are few if any technical reasons to prefer one over the other - the reasons are almost entirely subjective.

In my case I would use the second format, simply because:

1. It's perfectly readable, and follows the vast majority of formatting conventions in Javascript's ancestor languages

2. JS file download size matters [although minification does of course fix that]

3. I've always done it that way.