The real reason why JavaScript has arrow functions
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4 min readOct 19, 2020
Nowadays, all my code is based on the use of arrow functions. If you are still not using them yourself, then don’t be ashamed of who you are. That’s your parent’s job. Instead, find about all the benefits that you can get by using arrow functions like the cool kids.
This is an example of arrow function and the same code written traditionally:
You may notice that the code is shorter and that there is an arrow. Everything before the arrow is arguments of the function and everything after the arrow is always returned as the result of the function.
If you need a function that contains multiple statements you can still do this:
