Since way back in 1996, around the time when JavaScript was first standardized and ECMA attempted to carve out a standard specification, there have been five primitive data types in JavaScript : Boolean, Number, String, Undefined, and Null where each type represents a value. But now ES6 introduces a brand new primitive data type - Symbol. In this chapter, we will go over, in detail, this new primitive type and its applications.
Symbols
Symbols represent a unique value and at its heart, a symbol is a unique token ...