Discussion on: Human Readable JavaScript

I think it's important not to simplify the code at a point where you avoid using functionalities which are useful but less readable for a newbie.

For example instead of the following:

    let multipliedByTwo = arr.map(
        (el) => { 
            if(el%2 === 0) {
            return el*2
        } else {
            return el+1
        }
    })

I would prefer using ternary, and no optional syntax characters such as parenthesis or curly braces:

let multipliedByTwo = arr.map(el => el % 2 === 0 ? el * 2 : el + 1)

It may seem less approachable for someone who is not used to ternay, arrow functions and the absence of unnecessary syntax characters, but when used to it, it's actually better to have such a one line operation rather than 8 line of basic if...else.

In other words, I prefer to write a code that requires the maintainer to raise his level of JavaScript understanding but enables code to be shorter, rather than making super simple but verbose JavaScript (I hate to search for bits of code in hundred-lines-long files).