Chapter 1: The Anatomy of a Modern JavaScript Application

by James Kolce

There’s no doubt that the JavaScript ecosystem changes fast. Not only are new tools and frameworks introduced and developed at a rapid rate, the language itself has undergone big changes with the introduction of ES2015 (aka ES6). Understandably, many articles have been written complaining about how difficult it is to learn modern JavaScript development these days.

In this article, I’ll introduce you to modern JavaScript. We’ll take a look at recent developments in the language and get an overview of the tools and techniques currently used to write front-end web applications. If you’re just starting out with learning the language, or you’ve not touched it for a few years ...

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