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-rw-r--r--doc/development/gotchas.md5
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@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ merge request:
- string literal quoting style **Option A**: single quoted by default
1. [Rails](https://github.com/bbatsov/rails-style-guide)
1. [Testing](doc/development/testing.md)
-1. [CoffeeScript](https://github.com/thoughtbot/guides/tree/master/style/coffeescript)
+1. [JavaScript (ES6)](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
+1. [JavaScript (ES5)](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/tree/master/es5)
1. [SCSS styleguide][scss-styleguide]
1. [Shell commands](doc/development/shell_commands.md) created by GitLab
contributors to enhance security
diff --git a/doc/development/gotchas.md b/doc/development/gotchas.md
index 9d7fe7440d2..159d5ce286d 100644
--- a/doc/development/gotchas.md
+++ b/doc/development/gotchas.md
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ Rubocop](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-4-stable/.rubocop.yml#L9
[Exception]: http://stackoverflow.com/q/10048173/223897
-## Don't use inline CoffeeScript in views
+## Don't use inline CoffeeScript/JavaScript in views
Using the inline `:coffee` or `:coffeescript` Haml filters comes with a
-performance overhead.
+performance overhead. Using inline JavaScript is not a good way to structure your code and should be avoided.
_**Note:** We've [removed these two filters](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/initializers/hamlit.rb)
in an initializer._
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ in an initializer._
### Further reading
- Pull Request: [Replace CoffeeScript block into JavaScript in Views](https://git.io/vztMu)
+- Stack Overflow: [Why you should not write inline JavaScript](http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/86589/why-should-i-avoid-inline-scripting)
- Stack Overflow: [Performance implications of using :coffescript filter inside HAML templates?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/17571242/223897)
## ID-based CSS selectors need to be a bit more specific