title: Is it a bad practice to use an if-statement without curly braces?
body: <p>I've seen code like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if(statement)
      do this;
  else
      do this;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I think this is more readable:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if(statement){
      do this;
  }else{
      do this;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Since both methods work, is this simply a matter of preference which to use or would one way be recommended over the other?</p>