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Discussion on: Introducing Metho: Safely adding superpowers to JS

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Andrei Luca

This is DOPE! I'm laughing so hard ))
These are JavaScript Extensions, like Swift and Kotlin extensions

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Tracy Gilmore

The development and discussion of extensions like this (for any language) is a great way to test the viability of new features before preparing formal proposals.
They might end up just being something the original developer finds useful or merely interesting, but others might also find them of use.
They should carry a health warning until they are fully tested, adequately documented and licenced. But then there are far too many widely used packages (JS and other stacks) that fall short of this stipulation.
Just look at how John Resig's jQuery influenced the evolution of JS and the development of Web APIs and continues to be in wide usage.