May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
12h 3m
English
The pink elephant in the room is that, because of how JavaScript is delivered to the world, we cannot just start using the latest ES2017 features. In frontend JavaScript, we are limited by the fact that old browsers are still in use. Internet Explorer version 6 has fortunately been almost completely retired, but there are still plenty of old browsers installed on older computers that are still serving a valid role for their owners. Old browsers mean old JavaScript implementations, and if we want our code to work, we need it to be compatible with old browsers.
Using code rewriting tools such as Babel, some of the new features can be retrofitted to function on some of the older browsers. Frontend ...
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