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Atlas1174656yIn php I prefer double quotes because I'm too lazy to escape strings to concat variables. Bonus: I feel it makes the code more readable (or as readable as my codes get)
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I try to use whichever occurs less in the actual text I will be using in that app (which I guess mostly applies to front end). So I switch based on content and then get confused when I go back to languages that require double quote 😔
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'Single' or $mystring$dollar$mystring$ - only possible choices in language I use and I like both. Double quotes are reserved for naming identifiers, sort of like object names.
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css:after {
content:'hello';
}
but print("world") - in any other programming/scripting language -
thoxx20876ydepends, in some languages single quotes identify a single character and double quotes a string
char = 'A'
string = "ABC" -
Whichever requires less escaping. Except when they're nested then the preference is just to get it working and move on.
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Idgaf. I download the standard style on my editor and set it to prettify on save. Then I type however the heck I feel like that day.
Usually double quotes though, since it's the standard for strings.
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