On: How One Missing `var` Ruined our Launch

[vonkow]

As a rule, in js I declare every var at the top of the function (or globe) in one giant var statement just because of this. Still, it's easy to get lost in the moment and mess up just once. I used to think this was just the way things were but pair-programming/code-review and/or a language with better scoping rules would've prevented this from happening.

[masklinn → vonkow]

> Still, it's easy to get lost in the moment and mess up just once.

Get a better editor, and JSHint, and "use strict";

Implicitly declared globals can be statically checked, there is no reason not to.