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androonexus
Courses Plus Student 2,528 PointsCan you just use template literals all the time to keep code consistent for strings?
As I am completing the Javascript Basics course, I really like the way that template literals look and work compared to single and double quotation marks for strings. I think it looks neater in terms of concatenation and you can just stay consistent in your code instead of having to use escape characters or worrying about what type of quotation marks you use. In an effort to stay consistent, is it acceptable in the industry to just use template literals for all strings even if you are not inserting a variable into the string? Is there any drawbacks to doing it that way?
Thanks for reading.
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Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsI don't see why not, I think the main reason they aren't taking over as the main string literal replacement is because it's es6 and es6 isn't completely utilized in every browser/browser version. But yeah, you'd avoid concatenation and escaping quotes so yeah, have at it and use those template literals.
androonexus
Courses Plus Student 2,528 PointsThank you both Juan and Dane for the help! I really appreciate it.
Juan Luna Ramirez
9,038 PointsJuan Luna Ramirez
9,038 PointsI can't think of any drawbacks to doing it.
I personally use quotes because I can clearly see when a string will always be the same value. This has been useful for debugging and reading code in general. Using back-ticks lets my mind know that some evaluating will probably need to take place. But this is just my preference. You should try to do different things to see what works for you or the dev team.