JavaScript is a high-level programming language that, according to a 2018 Statista survey is the most used programming language in the world, with a whopping 69% of developers having used it. Because ...

JavaScript classes provide a much simpler and clearer syntax to create objects and deal with inheritance." A StrongLoop blog post echoes the "syntactic sugar" angle. "ECMAScript 2015, formerly known ...

Although the TextEdit element is still using those classes under the hood, they aren't accessible. Instead, you get simple JavaScript wrapper methods that are a lot less functional and powerful.

New features in ECMAScript 2022 include top-level await, RegExp match indices, new public and private class fields, and more. Let's get started!