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Thanks - that's a decent explanation for favouring one over the other. I rather dislike "best practices" that don't provide any explanation of what they are re

• jrockway 8y ago
  I mean, it's because it doesn't matter. Picking one is valuable for consistency (no odd diffs when refactoring). Which one you pick doesn't matter.
  • chrisweekly 8y ago
    ... Unless you would prefer to skip the extra keypress required for ".
  • ficklepickle 8y ago
    The behavior is slightly different. "\n" is a newline, '\n' is a backslash and an n.
    • lauritzsh 8y ago
      Not in JavaScript. \n is treated as a newline in both cases. Try it out in the console.