Really? Is that what you judge a programmer by? I might be annoyed if I see something like what you're talking about, but I'll just point it out and forget about it.
If all I have is the HTML source code to go by, then yes, that's one of the things.
If I see useless self-closing tags then that starts them at a lower caliber of programmer, and the rest of the code better be really good to raise them back up.
This is because I assume that if they are closing the tags they never bothered to learn html properly, and are just copying online tutorials. Sure, not are all like that, but in absence of other information, I have to use what's in front of me.
> PS: I too am from the XHTML era :)
It's time to stop. People who learned Javascript 20 years ago also had to eventually learn to stop wrapping the scripts in HTML comments. Things change.
The fact that you think semicolons in js are "for looks only" says a lot, and this is from someone who simply doesn't write js, but knows enough to know that it can bite you. And if you think white space in C is unnecessary then, well, you've never worked on a non-trivial C code base.
You know what, to me, is a telltale sign that someone isn't as good as they think they are? They make snap judgements about a person based upon perceived code quality. That tells me that you're in that dangerous "advanced beginner who thinks s/he knows everything" stage.
ars|10 years ago
If all I have is the HTML source code to go by, then yes, that's one of the things.
If I see useless self-closing tags then that starts them at a lower caliber of programmer, and the rest of the code better be really good to raise them back up.
This is because I assume that if they are closing the tags they never bothered to learn html properly, and are just copying online tutorials. Sure, not are all like that, but in absence of other information, I have to use what's in front of me.
> PS: I too am from the XHTML era :)
It's time to stop. People who learned Javascript 20 years ago also had to eventually learn to stop wrapping the scripts in HTML comments. Things change.
EpicEng|10 years ago
You know what, to me, is a telltale sign that someone isn't as good as they think they are? They make snap judgements about a person based upon perceived code quality. That tells me that you're in that dangerous "advanced beginner who thinks s/he knows everything" stage.