7 NEW JavaScript 2024 Features

Let’s discover in deph what is the newAtomic waitSync, RegExp ‘v’ Flag, Temporal APIs and more introduced in the latest version of JS.

Luna Rojas
6 min readFeb 26, 2024

JavaScript’s 2024 update introduces 7 key features.

From making text and dates simpler to handle, to new ways for programs to wait and work together, and even making patterns easier to find.

Let’s check the news!

Well-Formed Unicode Strings

Well-Formed Unicode Strings introduce methods to ensure strings in JavaScript are properly formatted in UTF-16 encoding.

This feature aims to improve how JavaScript handles Unicode, making it easier to work with other languages and characters by detecting and correcting improperly paired surrogate code points in strings.

Usage in Action

Imagine you’re working with user-generated content that may include a variety of languages and symbols.

Ensuring this content is correctly encoded is crucial for processing and displaying it without errors.

  • Check for well-formed Unicode strings: Determine if a string is correctly encoded without any lone surrogates using…

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Luna Rojas

Programming enthusiast and JavaScript lover😍 25 years of happiness😊 Occasionally, I like to express my thoughts into articles🧠