Modern JavaScript

JavaScript is flexible enough to do just about anything, and while this is one of its great strengths, it's also what makes best practices less clear. This deep dive into the fundamentals and latest advances in the language will help you learn how to make the most of it!

Modern JavaScript

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Advanced Data Structures

With the ES2015 version of the JavaScript specification came several new data structures like Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet and Proxy. We’ll look at the motivations for adding these features to the language and get hands-on experience solving some problems that would be much more difficult were it not for these new constructs.

  • Advanced Data StructuresMaps and Sets

    Map and Set are new data structures that have distinct advantages in various use cases. We’ll study both in detail, including their “weak” counterparts: WeakMap and WeakSet.

  • Advanced Data StructuresPROJECT: Spies and Stubs

    Using a Map, we’ll build a small “spying” library that we can use to monitor function invocations in our tests.

  • Advanced Data StructuresProxies

    Proxy can “wrap” JavaScript objects or functions, potentially intercepting or modifying certain behaviors along the way.

  • Advanced Data StructuresPROJECT: Buffered Proxy

    Although there aren’t many obvious use cases for the Proxy type, one place where it proves handy is to “stage” proposed modifications to an object, without mutating the underlying values directly. We’ll implement a “buffered proxy” utility, and use it in an “edit form” context.

  • Advanced Data StructuresWrap up and Recap

    We'll recap everything we've covered today, and set our sights on tomorrow's agenda.