JavaScript is the language that powers most of the interactivity on websites and web apps. It can also be used outside of browsers thanks to runtimes such as NodeJS or Deno. This is the language I work with most of the time, although most often I write and read its statically-typed superset: TypeScript.
Here is how JSWorld Conference 2024 in Amsterdam looked like from my perspective.
yarn up '*' does not upgrade scoped packages by default. This article describes how to upgrade scoped packages.
Next.js can seem stuck fetching getServerSideProps result on client-side navigations. The approach outlined in the article bypasses making that network request, resulting in snappier UI, suitable for highly-interactive web applications.
Does await solve the problems of Promise.prototype.then? Not really.
In Node.js, omitting catching a rejection in at least one Promise chain leads to an unhandledRejection event and the process being usually killed.
JavaScript Promise's then function offers extra convenience. Is it harmful, though?