Chapter 14: JavaScript Decorators: What They Are and When to Use Them
by Graham Cox
With the introduction of ES2015+, and as transpilation has become commonplace, many of you will have come across newer language features, either in real code or tutorials. One of these features that often has people scratching their heads when they first come across them are JavaScript decorators.
Decorators have become popular thanks to their use in Angular 2+. In Angular, decorators are available thanks to TypeScript, but in JavaScript they’re currently a stage 2 proposal, meaning they should be part of a future update to the language. Let’s take a look at what decorators are, and how they can be used to make your code cleaner and more easily understandable. ...
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