wtfjs

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Javascript and numerics. That is my takedown of javascript. If you don't know why its bad for numerics[1] or just generally weird [2][3] ... No, JS shouldn't be used as a systems language IMO. It gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot (multiple mixed metaphors for a reason). [1] https://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/javascript_the_weird_parts [2] https://hackernoon.com/js-wtf-with-math-79da9a941ec1 [3] https://github.com/denysdovhan/wtfjs

Know the details around bind, 'this', dot operator, 'new', call/apply, 'in', variable hoisting, the actual data types JS provides out of the box (Longs aren't one of them) and some assortment of new features/proposed features like classes, and you'll be ahead of lots of seniors. Personally I'd appreciate a good showing in knowledge of the standard library, where its gaps/gotchas are, levels of browser support... (e.g. even IE11 supports sets -- we can use actual built-in set data structures! -- just not the full API. But it has the minimum.) I agree with others though that you probably won't get the trivia treatment, I wouldn't give one and I don't see them being done by coworkers... But it doesn't hurt to be prepared. So long as you don't present yourself as a "Master" I would think the knives would be less likely to come out. Things lik