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I agree with the Date point but I also see a greater value in arrow functions.
I don’t mind moment.js being used for dates but it would be nice to have native support.
On the other hand. Arrow functions in JS save me a lot of time when it comes to binding functions in React JS development. No more binding every friggin function to use ‘this’. -
@leanrob don't get me wrong. I love arrow functions a lot. But basic methods that get used everyday should be native before enjancements like that.
I'm one of the few that seems to actually love JavaScript. But even as a big JS fan, there is absolutely NO FUCKING EXCUSE for JavaScript's shitty and limited methods for handling date/time formats. When every stackoverflow answer about date/time formats points to the Moment.js library (or writing 20 lines of code for simple format changes) it's a clear indication that JS needs a date/time format overhaul. We needed date/time changes more than we needed arrow functions.
"Hey JS devs, we saved you 2-4 characters in your code with arrow functions! But you'll need to write 20 lines of code to format that date the way PHP or Ruby would have done it in 1-3 lines of code."
There's no excuse.
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