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title: "Style Guides at Airbnb | Netlify"
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last_updated: "2026-08-31T17:03:40.000Z"
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I have been working programming professional for about 3 years now and only been working in JavaScript for half that time. So when I made the jump into the JavaScript ecosystem I needed help keepting my syntax consistent, which is how I stumbled upon the [Airbnb Style Guide](http://airbnb.io/javascript/).

```
// excerpt from the Airbnb style guide.
// badconst items = new Array();
// goodconst items = [];
```

I chat with Harrison about what makes for a good style guide and why they are so important for growing engineering teams.

_After the recording of this episode we created a eslint-config-plugin that uses Airbnb’s style guide as the backbone. Check it out on [GitHub](https://github.com/netlify/eslint-config-netlify) and let us know what you think._

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