Five ways to be a happier JavaScript developer
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JavaScript now means language plus runtime plus ecosystem and the path to being happier is specific: focus on five core habits — treat JS as a platform, concentrate on the current targets not ancient IE ghosts, constrain editor/terminal/browser chaos, stop relying on console.log and adopt breakpoints and linters, and learn tooling. Use Visual Studio Code as an integrated editor/debugger, check features with caniuse.com and docs on MDN, run audits with Lighthouse, share fixes on npm and GitHub.
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- 0:00Start
- 3:25JavaScript is a lot of things...
- 20:11Instead of using your own machine, why not try online before?
- 23:07Linting and validation tools can be part of your release process.
- 24:37JavaScript community...
- 29:58Projection isn't good.
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