I find statements such as, `count = count + 1` very annoying >_<

I think you like short hand assignment operators....

Short hand assignments are just sugar syntax and are not available in all languages, say Lua

Used to do that now I do counter+=1

@technowizard no count+=1

@mr-crazyhacker no cunt++;

I prefer count++ or ++count depending on the use case. Or, count += x

@BugsBuggy++;

depends on used compiler, possible side effects at runtime etc

Depends on the code. Sometimes writing an additional line makes it more readable

count = count + 1 or count += 1 is definately better practise on javascript than count++ or ++count depending on douglas crockford's opinions

count = count + 1 feels more readable to me. Anything to reduce cognitive load while reading code.

@Orek Douglas Crockford is legendary!

@JsonC11 JsLint <3

@Orek meh. I take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt, and I don't get why people wouldn't like ++. It literally does one thing, increment. It does it in most languages, and it literally translates to a single statement in assembly.

This rant++

What about the comment before:
//add 1 to count

That's the problem with ++.. It doesn't just increment. It also returns the previous or new value.

For me is inc(count)
*cries in corner alone*