Episode 7 - Metaprogramming in JavaScript with Luis Atencio

20minJS

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On this episode, I have a discussion with Luis Atencio, author of the Manning book "The Joy of JavaScript", about metaprogramming.
We cover the basic tools provided by the language, and when it's a good idea to go "all in" with this technique as well as when to avoid it.
Get in touch with Luis:

Blog: https://medium.com/@luijar
Twitter: @luijar

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Chapters

1. Episode 7 - Metaprogramming in JavaScript with Luis Atencio (00:00:00)

2. Meet Luis (00:01:10)

3. What is metaprogramming? (00:02:28)

4. Is JavaScript the most metaprogramming-friendly language? (00:06:08)

5. On proxies and reflect (00:08:05)

6. More about reflect (00:13:39)

7. About using Eval for metaprogramming (00:15:04)

8. Can we overdo metaprogramming? (00:18:15)

9. About "the Joy of JavaScript" (00:21:37)

10. The best advice he ever received (00:27:00)

11. His most exciting project (00:28:59)

12. One thing he regrets not knowing before starting to code (00:33:21)

13. Where can people find him (00:36:59)

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Episode 7 - Metaprogramming in JavaScript with Luis Atencio

20minJS

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published 3+ y ago

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