On 2025-03-20 09:44, Giles Orr wrote:
It's been said before, but it's so important I'm going to repeat it: DON'T USE OLD BOOKS (or websites) for programming languages, especially Javascript. Javascript has changed hugely in the past two decades. And even if the body of the JavaScript language hasn't changed officially since the last ECMAScript release, JS's behaviour and common usage is massively influenced by other fluid standards - like CSS and HTML, and the widely used frameworks. So how it's used and taught is continuously shifting.
Yes, I'm realizing that. YouTube I'm watching for Javascript are 6 years old. - Already, I noticed the change from 'require' (CJS) to 'import' (MJS). - And, what used to be browser add-on is now separate website on its own, eg. Postman. Still, YouTube will give me quick overview...