Private class fields are finally coming to JavaScript with no less than three separate TC39 proposals that define the new capabilities.

JavaScript is a high-level programming language that, according to a 2018 Statista survey is the most used programming language in the world, with a whopping 69% of developers having used it. Because ...

This JavaScript thing might just catch on. The world's most popular programming language is starting to look like a real programming language, with classes, modules, promises and more. There's even a ...

New features in ECMAScript 2022 include top-level await, RegExp match indices, new public and private class fields, and more. Let's get started!

Although the TextEdit element is still using those classes under the hood, they aren't accessible. Instead, you get simple JavaScript wrapper methods that are a lot less functional and powerful.