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Javascript Underdogs: Part 1 - The WeakMap

Kushan Joshi on April 11, 2018

Hello 2018! It has been 3 years since we first saw Javascript 2015 (aka ES6). During this time most of us have focused on the cosmetic changes like...
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Ishay Mamluk

ES6 Proxies are a great underrated feature to write about. I would certainty y like to learn some more about them.

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Valentin Baca

Very informative!

One potential correction:

If we lose the key, the javascript compiler can deduce that there is no way to access the thing associated with the key and it can safely remove it from the memory.

I think "compiler" should instead be "garbage collector".

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Kushan Joshi

Fixed, thanks so much for pointing that out

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Bruno Louzada

Nice post! Thanks

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rhymes

Great article!

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GustavoLopes95

Wonderful post, congratulations Joshi, you explain in a simple and funny way.

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Kelly

Great article!!!

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Luis Miguel

Very clear and informative!!!
Looking forward to the new post.:...

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edsphinx

Great article, really helped me.