--- title: 5 best practices for clean coding in JavaScript | daily.dev description: Clean coding means that you write code for your later self and your co-workers and not for the machine. Here are some of the clean coding practices which I... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-best-practices-for-clean-coding-in-javascript-gcx5xvewq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 best practices for clean coding in JavaScript | daily.dev og:description: Clean coding means that you write code for your later self and your co-workers and not for the machine. Here are some of the clean coding practices which I... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-best-practices-for-clean-coding-in-javascript-gcx5xvewq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GcX5XVEWq.png og:image:alt: 5 best practices for clean coding in JavaScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 best practices for clean coding in JavaScript **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 4 min read · 31 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Clean coding means that you write code for your later self and your co-workers and not for the machine. Here are some of the clean coding practices which I follow while writing Javascript code. These are not framework-specific practices and can be used with any framework. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 4 upvotes > * Write simple code > * Write linear code > * Better naming > * Functions should do one thing > * Use ESLint, Prettier and latest JavaScript --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-best-practices-for-clean-coding-in-javascript-gcx5xvewq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 best practices for clean coding in JavaScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-best-practices-for-clean-coding-in-javascript-gcx5xvewq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-best-practices-for-clean-coding-in-javascript-gcx5xvewq"},"datePublished":"2020-09-11T05:16:53.667Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Clean coding means that you write code for your later self and your co-workers and not for the machine. 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