stop telling us "let is the new var"

[hayesmaker]

let is not the new var.. they're different things, and var is still useful.

[zchrykng]

@hayesmaker perhaps you can enlighten us and provide examples. Where var is superiour to const or let.

[getify]

I agree with @hayesmaker that we should be using var alongside let (and const) in code. That's what I teach in all my classes and write about in my YDKJS books. Here's some other places I've addressed the topic:

• https://davidwalsh.name/for-and-against-let
• https://github.com/getify/Functional-Light-JS/blob/master/ch6.md#reassignment

[zchrykng]

Those are some good points. And I would never say that var should go away completely but rather it should only be used when you specifically need it and the let and const should be used whenever possible as they help prevent fairly common classes of problems. Maybe I am just overly used to block scoping since I have mainly been using C++ and Go recently.

[pielegacy]

@zchrykng my thoughts exactly, never liked the functionality of var so for me let was a welcome addition