The top 5 JavaScript issues in all our codebases

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Scans of hundreds of millions of JS/TS lines claim the top recurring problems: unused assignments and commented-out code that just clutters files, widespread use of == / != instead of === / !==, plenty of unnecessary imports and TODO comments, and old var usage instead of let/const; cognitive complexity is flagged as the most impactful maintainability issue (tools mark functions above cognitive complexity ≥15). Practical fixes use Sona Cloud, Sonalint and an eslint plugin to locate and refactor the offenders.

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1. 0:00Introduction to clean code
2. 1:39Data and code quality
3. 8:53Unused assignments
4. 11:45Strict equality
5. 13:51Commenting out code
6. 16:48TypeScript-specific issues
7. 19:07React and JSX best practices
8. 21:29Unnecessary imports
9. 22:49Modern variable declaration
10. 25:57Cognitive complexity
11. 33:35Refactoring for simplicity
12. 41:41Conclusion and tools

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