# Comments in JavaScript | kirupa.com

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257 "2017-03-21T01:47:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257/1 "2017-03-21T01:47:59Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 8 January 2015

Everything you write in your code editor might **_seem_** like it is intended for your browser's eyes only:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/html5/comments.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5/comments.htm)

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**Author:** ![travis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/travis/32/13217_2.png) [@travis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/travis)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257/2 "2017-03-25T19:07:55Z")

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Honestly, if you do this you’ll be a hero to all developers who follow. Not only that though as your personal projects grow you’ll be thanking yourself for carefully annotating what everything does, it gets mad confusing.

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257/3 "2017-03-25T21:31:09Z")

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The challenge I see with older projects is that the comments are no longer up-to-date. They were awesome when they were written, but they code they are describing changed a whole lot! 🗯

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/comments-in-javascript-kirupa-com/636257/4 "2017-03-26T03:20:14Z")

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It helps to have people specifically tasked with keeping that sort of stuff up to date. :wistling: