All about ES6 generators
I have just started a multi-part guest blog post series on David Walsh‘s blog, highlighting ES6 JavaScript’s Generators. Part 1: The Basics Of ES6 Generators Part 2: Diving Deeper With ES6 Generators...
View ArticleES6 Concise Methods: Lexical Or Not?
A minor twitter debate raged earlier today over a nuance of the upcoming ES6, and it prompted me to write this quick blog post to defend my position, even though a member of the Babel project (formerly...
View ArticleConstantly Confusing ‘const’
One of the new features in ES6 that has both garnered attention and caused a fair bit of confusion is the new const declaration keyword. I’m going to briefly wade through the morass to help you make...
View ArticleA Smart(er) Transpilation Strategy
Welcome aboard the fast moving ES6 hype train! I assume you’re here because your Dilbert-like boss said at some point recently in a meeting, “I heard we need an ES6. Get on that right away.” So...
View ArticleArrow This
One of the most vaunted features of ES6 is the new => arrow function syntax for abbreviated definitions of function expressions (aka “lambdas”). You hardly can’t find a blog post or conference talk...
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Thoughts On Thunks
What is a thunk? Is it some strange JS library or the hot new framework that’s going to replace everything you already wrote? Nope, don’t worry. This is a concept post. It’s for understanding things...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Waiting On ‘await’ (part 1)
Two-part series on the highs and lows of the coming async..await in JS: Part 1: what async..await is and why it’s awesome Part 2: why async..await falls short compared to generators+promises The hype...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Waiting On ‘await’ (part 2)
Two-part series on the highs and lows of the coming async..await in JS: Part 1: what async..await is and why it’s awesome Part 2: why async..await falls short compared to generators+promises In part...
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Promises: All The Wrong Ways
If you’re not well-versed on JavaScript Promises yet, I urge you to read up on them before diving into this article. Promises are the promise of a vastly improved asynchrony over our previous...
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