You pretty much covered what I was going to comment here. I'm honestly a little skeptical of some of the mantras surrounding Javascript at the moment. There are some ideals being tossed around at the moment that might lean a bit too hard on perceived "readability advantages" and straightforwardness. In other words, the performance implications of some of the current proposed best practices make me a tad uncertain regarding their longevity.
edit: I'm not saying the giving examples are bad either, I feel like this piece actually gave great examples. I'm speaking towards the bigger trend I've been noticing.
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You pretty much covered what I was going to comment here. I'm honestly a little skeptical of some of the mantras surrounding Javascript at the moment. There are some ideals being tossed around at the moment that might lean a bit too hard on perceived "readability advantages" and straightforwardness. In other words, the performance implications of some of the current proposed best practices make me a tad uncertain regarding their longevity.
edit: I'm not saying the giving examples are bad either, I feel like this piece actually gave great examples. I'm speaking towards the bigger trend I've been noticing.