‘The 5 most transformative JavaScript features in ES8’

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ES8 contains many valuable features that completely change the way we write JavaScript.

The code has become more concise, easier to write, and upgraded with new features.

Let’s take a look at these features and see if you missed any.

1. trailing comma

Before ES8, trailing commas would cause syntax errors!

❌ Previously:

const colors = [
    'red',
    'blue',
    'green',
    'yellow', //  ❌ Not allowed
];  const person = {
    name: 'Tari Ibaba',
    site: 'codingbeautydev.com' //  ❌ No way
};

But this raises some issues, rearranging the list can be troublesome:

We also have to always add a comma at the last item before adding a new item — this can make git differences confusing:

So ES8 fixed all of these:

✅ Now?

const colors = [
    'red',
    'blue',
    'green',
    'yellow', // ✅ yes
];const person = {
    name: 'Tari Ibaba',
    site…