5 Tricks To Write More Efficient and Better Javascript Functions

Mariano De Simone
3 min readMar 10, 2023

Learn them, practice them, and don’t forget them

As developers, we always wanted to right the best and most efficient code we can, and writing efficient functions can make your code run faster and use less memory. So achieving this should of the most important.

Javascript Functions
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In this article, I bring you five tricks to help you write more efficiently JavaScript functions.

Use ES6 Arrow Functions

ES6 Arrow functions are a concise way to write JavaScript functions. They have a shorter syntax than traditional functions and can be easier to read and understand. They also have the added benefit of binding the this keyword to the surrounding context, making it easier to access variables and functions outside the current scope.

For example, instead of writing a traditional function like this:

function sum(a, b) {
return a + b;
}

You can use an arrow function like this:

const sum = (a, b) => a + b;

Use Default Function Parameters

ES6 introduced default function parameters, allowing you to specify default values for function arguments. This feature can simplify your code by reducing the number…

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Mariano De Simone

Javascript Developer, Digital Marketing Specialist, amateur runner and history & philosophy books fan. Love to read when I'm not coding or writing.