JavaScript is anything but a “static” language (pun intended). It seems everything is changing – even the naming of releases has changed, with years marking the language version. But which features should you be using now? It’s not always obvious, but there is a short list of features from ES2016+ (ES7 and beyond) that I believe every JavaScript developer should be using very soon, if not immediately.
How To Learn ES vNext Without Jeopardizing Existing Work
Around a year ago, I wrote a blog post lamenting the high cost of entry for using ES6 features like generators, modules, etc. Since then, the world of JavaScript runtime environments has progressed significantly. Most (if not all) of the features that were once difficult to use without pre-compilers are now available to the general […]
You Need ES2017’s Async Functions. Here’s Why …
With the addition of async functions in JavaScript, our code is about to be dramatically simplified. You need to learn this new syntax now, even if you can’t use it just yet. And I’ll show you the benefits of this new syntax to get you started.