JavaScript Unburdened

JavaScript at its Best: Simple, Powerful, Unburdened

Celebrating JS without the modern web dev stack complexity

// The elegance of JavaScript
const compose = (...fns) => x => fns.reduceRight((y, f) => f(y), x);

const addOne = x => x + 1;
const double = x => x * 2;
const square = x => x * x;

const enhance = compose(square, double, addOne);

enhance(2); // => 36 = (2+1)*2² = 3*2² = 3*4 = 36

Why Unburdened JS?

Speed

Vanilla JavaScript delivers maximum performance without the overhead of frameworks and libraries. Your code runs faster, loads quicker, and consumes less memory.

Simplicity

Write code that's easy to read, maintain, and debug. No layers of abstractions to wade through, just clean, expressive JavaScript that clearly communicates intent.

Freedom

Escape the constraints of framework conventions and opinions. Build exactly what you need, the way you want, without being forced into specific patterns or structures.

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Learning

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Modern JavaScript Tutorial

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Comprehensive JS documentation

Eloquent JavaScript

A modern introduction to programming

Tools

ESLint

Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code

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Opinionated code formatter

Parcel

Zero configuration web application bundler

Inspiration

JavaScript30

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JS1k

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JS13kGames

JavaScript game competition in 13 kB

Did You Know?

JavaScript was created in just 10 days by Brendan Eich in 1995.

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Fibonacci Generator

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Community Submissions

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2023-05-15

Use optional chaining (?.) to safely access nested object properties without worrying about null references.

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The nullish coalescing operator (??) provides a default value when dealing with null or undefined, but preserves other falsy values.

JavaScript Time Machine

1995

JavaScript is born. Created by Brendan Eich at Netscape in just 10 days.

2009

Node.js is created, bringing JavaScript to the server-side.

2015

ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) introduces arrow functions, classes, promises, and more.

Today

JavaScript continues to evolve with new features while maintaining its core simplicity.