What's New in Javascript

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about what is new in Javascript — a whole bunch of new stuff that you can use now and in the next sixth months or so.

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Show Notes

ES2019

04:03 - Array.flatMap()
05:30 - Array.flat()
07:37 - Array.fromEntries()
09:50 - String.trimStart() and String.trimEnd()
11:23 - Function.toString()
11:57 - Object Key Order

1. Integer keys in ascending order (and strings like “1” that parse as ints)
2. String keys, in insertion order (ES2015 guarantees this and all browsers comply)
3. Symbol names, in insertion order (ES2015 guarantees this and all browsers comply)

ES2020

14:50 - Big int
18:09 - Nullish coalescing
20:57 - Optional Chaining
24:55 - promise.allSettled
25:33 - Dynamic import
27:14 - string.matchAll(regex) and string.replaceAll
29:30 - globalThis
30:44 - Module Namespace Exports
33:11 - Navigator.share() API
36:34 - Async Hooks
37:39 - Pipline Operator
39:59 - Top Level Await

Links

• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1181584047144878080
• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1238472679893671938
• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1230515254687301635
• Regex101
• Regexr
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/canShare
• Sketch
• CloudApp
• Figma
• https://nodejs.org/api/async_hooks.html
• Gulp
• https://v8.dev/features/top-level-await
• https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pipeline-operator

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