Yet Another JavaScript Syntax
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1 min readMay 26, 2015
JavaScript is moving pretty fast, so you might find Vim’s built-in syntax lags behind the latest standards and APIs. YAJS: Yet Another JavaScript Syntax by othree is an extended version of jelera/vim-javascript-syntax. It includes support for ES6, web APIs, and DOM keywords.
The ES6 support is extremely good — it supports features like fat arrow, array comprehensions, and the template strings.
I took a screenshot of YAJS vs. the built in highlighting, and you can see how it handles arrow functions, template strings, and some of the newer keywords:
