I meant that I optimize for project newcomers, preferably ones who are comfortable in the finer points of JavaScript. It's not that I don't take advantage of J

I meant that I optimize for project newcomers, preferably ones who are comfortable in the finer points of JavaScript. It's not that I don't take advantage of JavaScript's strengths. I get the sense that people interpreted my article as a glorification of the Google Style Guide, that it should be followed precisely. I suppose I should have worded it better. My personal style is heavily inspired by Google's, but I freely deviate where I feel it is practical. For instance, I use closures and functional approaches when I feel it will make for faster/more readable code. It's mainly the annotations and and line limit that I follow religiously.