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Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by joeblow99 on Friday July 03, 2015 @01:06AM (#9823615)
// bad const item = new Object();

// good const item = {};

Literally useless differentiation.

Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by razwall on Friday July 03, 2015 @01:40AM (#9823719)
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.
Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by Ronsenshi on Friday July 03, 2015 @02:52AM (#9823945)
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 (#9823908)
Same functionality, less characters. This also helps being consistent.
Re:Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide by jeffpeterson on Friday July 03, 2015 @03:24AM (#9824040)
Hah, "literally"