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A practical guide to object destructuring in JavaScript
Learn JavaScript object destructuring with lots of examples and use-cases. Understanding the destructuring concepts will make you super productive.
Apr 25, 20219 min read4.6K
What exactly is JavaScript Tagged Template Literal?
Before ES6(ECMAScript 2015), we have used single quotes('...') and double quotes("...") to wrap string literals. A simple example is, var msg = "Hello, I'm Joe and my favorite color is purple"; There were limitations when we had to concatenate multi...
Oct 12, 20209 min read13K
How to use JavaScript Collection with Map
Introduction Unlike many other programming languages, JavaScript's way of handling data collection is mostly with objects and arrays(don't forget, technically array is also a type of object in JavaScript). A majority of the developers rely on these h...
Sep 21, 20208 min read3.0K
Explain Me Like I am Five: What are ES6 Symbols?
Introduction Symbol is a primitive type(not an object) included in the ECMAScript 2015(aka, ES6). We are already familiar with the existing primitive types like, Number, String and, Boolean. Like these primitive types, Symbols are also created via a ...
Sep 9, 20209 min read4.2K
JavaScript: Why Reflect APIs?
In my last post on Metaprogramming we had a high level look at the JavaScript(ES6) Proxy. In this post, we are going to discuss about JavaScript Reflect APIs, another inclusion in ES6. First thing first, What is Reflect? Just before we go to underst...
Jun 17, 20193.7K
Ways to Empty an Array in JavaScript and the Consequences
As it is famously quoted, The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch the bottom and get back to basics. Here is one topic from JavaScript's basic concepts. It is about, Ways to Empty an Array. But wait, is that all? No, there is more ...
Jun 12, 20197 min read2.6K