> automated style checking is the only way to go Absolutely. We've found automated style checking also improves quality and efficiency. Even the "pedantic jerk

> automated style checking is the only way to go Absolutely. We've found automated style checking also improves quality and efficiency. Even the "pedantic jerk" can miss small style issues that are easily caught by tooling. For anyone wondering what tools. The most common for JS are JSHint and JSCS. Then use Grunt or Gulp combined with a watch to check a file each time a change is saved. Lastly, use a precommit hook (or similar) to check again before code is committed into the repo.