ES6 introduced classes to JavaScript, but they’re too simplistic for complex applications. Class fields (also referred to as class properties) aim to deliver simpler constructors with private and static members. The proposal is currently at TC39 stage 3: candidate and could appear in ES2019 (ES10). A quick recap of E...
In JavaScript, there is a problem that comes up often. You need a way to update parts of a page in response to certain events, with the data these provide. Say, for example, user input that you then project into one or many components. This leads into a lot of push-and-pull in the code to keep everything in sync. This ...
With the long-awaited arrival of ES2015 (formerly known as ES6), JavaScript is equipped with syntax specifically to define classes. In this article, I’m going to explore if we can leverage the class syntax to compose classes out of smaller parts. Keeping the hierarchy depth to a minimum is important to keep your code...
In this article, we’ll dig into the best way to implement a singleton in JavaScript, looking at how this has evolved with the rise of ES6. Among languages used in widespread production, JavaScript is by far the most quickly evolving, looking less like its earliest iterations and more like Python, with every new spec ...
In this article, I’m going to take you on a tour of the various styles of JavaScript object creation, and how each builds on the others in incremental steps. JavaScript has a multitude of styles for creating objects, and newcomers and veterans alike can feel overwhelmed by the choices and unsure which they should use...
This article was peer reviewed by Tim Severien and Michaela Lehr. Thanks to all of SitePoint’s peer reviewers for making SitePoint content the best it can be! To say there are a lot of articles about closures would be an understatement. Most will explain the definition of a closure, which usually boils down to a ...
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