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18th June 2020 - Link Blog

Refactoring optional chaining into a large codebase: lessons learned (via) JavaScript now supports foo?.bar?.baz?.() optional chaining syntax across all major browsers. Lea Verou provides the definitive guide to using it to refactor code.

Posted 18th June 2020 at 3:23 pm

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