🚀 2024 Front-End Odyssey: A Year in Review

🌟 Introduction

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time for our annual roundup of major front-end events. Let’s dive into the exciting developments that shaped the world of front-end development this year!

🟨 JavaScript: ECMAScript 2024 Unleashed

ECMAScript 2024 brought a slew of new features to enhance JavaScript’s capabilities:

• 🤝 Promise.withResolvers(): Simplified promise handling
• 🗂️ Object.groupBy / Map.groupBy: Effortless data grouping
• 🧼 String.isWellFormed() / toWellFormed(): Improved string manipulation
• 🔄 ArrayBuffer.resize / transfer: Flexible buffer management
• ⏳ Atomics.waitAsync(): Asynchronous atomic operations
• 🔍 Regex ‘v’ flag: Advanced pattern matching

📘 TypeScript: Stronger Typing, Better Performance

TypeScript continued to evolve with significant releases:

• TypeScript 5.5
• TypeScript 5.6
• TypeScript 5.7

Each version brought improvements in type inference, performance, and developer experience.