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Lesson 12. New object literal syntax

After reading lesson 12, you will

• Know how to use shorthand property names
• Know how to use shorthand method names
• Know how to use computed property names

I don’t think there’s anything as ubiquitous in JavaScript as the object literal. They’re everywhere. With a tool that’s used so frequently, any conveniences can have a huge net positive on productivity. Three syntactic additions to object literals introduced in ES2015 make them much more of a pleasure to read and write. You don’t gain new functionality, but having code that’s easy to read and write, especially when it comes to maintenance, is just as important a feature.

Consider this

Look at the following object literal. What parts seem ...