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In this episode, Brian Jenney discusses three underrated JavaScript features that can enhance a developer's skills.

"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about, and the ones nobody uses." JavaScript gets a lot of hate—but it’s still everywhere for a reason. In this episode, I break down three underrated features: web workers, generator functions, and web components and how to use them in a practical way. Shameless plugs: Apply for our AI Engineer Cohort : https://parsity.io/ai-dev Apply for our software engineering program : https://parsity.io

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