i++ vs. ++i in a JavaScript for loop

Question

Because of JSLint, I almost always use i += 1 to increment a JavaScript for loop, but for quick and dirty scripts, I use i++ instead.
However, I se

Answer 1

The difference is that i++ returns the value of i before incrementing and ++i the value of i after incrementing. There is no difference if you ignore the return value, e.g. in:

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {

}

The habit of using ++i over i++ comes from C, where people were worried that storing the old value for i in i++ would incur a performance penalty.