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Much of my career as a web designer has been spent, quite happily, working alongside programmers, engineers…

Most of you will be familiar with JavaScript’s fat arrow functions, also known as “chonky darts”. But if not, here’s a quick example:

this.num = '665'
this.add = num => num + 1
this.num = this.add(this.num)
//…

Those familiar with the web platform will be well-versed in its two complementary technologies: HTML for documents and their structure, and JavaScript for interaction and styling.