JavaScript “Stale Practices” | benmccormick.org

The linked article lists a number of techniques that were best practices with ES5, but have better alternatives in modern JavaScript.

Best practices don’t last forever. This is especially true when a field is changing fast, and JavaScript development has changed a lot over the past 10 years. The old best practices go stale, and new ones take their place. Here are 5 JavaScript best practices that have gone stale recently.