Seems pretty useful to me. If I see "new Object()", I know the code was written by someone who doesn't know JS very well, so I should look more carefully for bugs.
That's why they call it Style Guide. You know - Style?
Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide
by roelvanhintum on Friday July 03, 2015 @02:42AM
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Same functionality, less characters. This also helps being consistent.
Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide
by jeffpeterson on Friday July 03, 2015 @03:24AM
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Hah, "literally"
// good const item = {};
Literally useless differentiation.