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State of JavaScript 2024

Features

While they aren't seeing wide usage just yet, JavaScript's new Set and Object features will make it less necessary to rely on third-party utility libraries.

Also, whenever available we now display each feature's Baseline status: green for “widely available”, blue for “newly available”, and white for “limited availability”.

Syntax Features

Which of these syntax features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

11,467
2

9,060
3

6,080
4

5,865
5

2,639
6

2,370
7

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

668
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
13,452
96%

String Features

Which of these String features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

9,859
2

5,887
3

3,534
4

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

2,156
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
13,051
93%

Array Features

Which of these Array features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

4,940
2

3,954
3

3,925
4

2,374
5

1,651
6

603
7

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

4,803
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
12,404
89%

Async Features

Which of these async features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

5,813
2

5,302
3

1,855
4

13
5

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

3,842
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
12,241
87%

Set Features

Which of these Set features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

1,800
2

1,715
3

1,687
4

877
5

528
6

364
7

295
8

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

8,632
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
11,379
81%

Object Features

Which of these Object features have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

3,620
2

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

7,299
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
10,919
78%
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2024 Pick: TanStack

Tanstack, a banquet of practical, high quality, battle tested libraries, culminating in the TanStack Start framework.
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

Jack Herrington

Coder & YouTuber

Browser APIs

Which of these browser APIs have you used?
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

7,982
2

6,291
3

4,502
4

2,457
5

2,393
6

2,314
7

2,312
8

1,924
9

1,509
10

1,259
11

1,258
12

1,186
13

398
14

184
15

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6
16

ðŸšŦ āđ„āļĄāđˆāļĄāļĩ

1,733
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
12,860
92%

Language Pain Points

When asked what aspect of JavaScript they struggled with the most, respondents overwhelmingly mentioned the lack of a built-in type system – with browser support issues a distant second.

What are your main pain points regarding the JavaScript language?
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Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

Static typing

2

Browser support

3

Dates

4

TypeScript support

5

ESM & CJS

6

Error handling

7

Performance

8

Async programming

9

Standard Library

10

Security

0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
3,892
28%

Browser APIs Pain Points

Unsurprisingly, poor browser support was the top obstacle regarding browsers and their APIs. Safari was also highlighted as a common pain point, and so was the overall lack of documentation about browser features.

What are your main pain points regarding browser APIs?
āđāļšāļšāļ­āļīāļŠāļĢāļ°
Multiple
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

Browser support

2

Safari

3

Lack of documentation

4

Performance

5

Excessive complexity

6

Firefox issues

7

<input type="date">

8

9

Chrome

10

DOM API

0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
2,078
15%
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2024 Pick: Arisa Fukuzaki

Arisa is am amazing tech educator, mentor, docs & DevRel engineer who's super passionate about JS frameworks, community work and supporting women in tech. She's one to watch!
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

Josefine Schaefer

Accessibility Engineer

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The Reading List lets you save items you want to learn more about after the survey is complete. This year, error.cause, Logical Assignment, and Object.groupBy() were the features that most triggered respondents' curiosity.

0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1

1,560
2

1,379
3

1,347
4

1,219
5

1,216
6

1,165
7

1,112
8

1,048
9

999
10

957
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāļ„āļģāļ–āļēāļĄ
āļˆāļģāļ™āļ§āļ™āļ„āļĢāļąāđ‰āļ‡āļ—āļĩāđˆāđāļ•āđˆāļĨāļ°āļĢāļēāļĒāļāļēāļĢāļ–āļđāļāđ€āļžāļīāđˆāļĄāļĨāļ‡āđƒāļ™āļĢāļēāļĒāļāļēāļĢāļŠāļģāļŦāļĢāļąāļšāļāļēāļĢāļ­āđˆāļēāļ™āļ‚āļ­āļ‡āļœāļđāđ‰āļ•āļ­āļšāđāļšāļšāļŠāļ­āļšāļ–āļēāļĄ āļ‹āļķāđˆāļ‡āđ€āļ›āđ‡āļ™āļŸāļĩāđ€āļˆāļ­āļĢāđŒāļ—āļĩāđˆāđƒāļŦāđ‰āļœāļđāđ‰āļ„āļ™āđ„āļ”āđ‰āđ€āļĢāļĩāļĒāļ™āļĢāļđāđ‰āđ€āļžāļīāđˆāļĄāđ€āļ•āļīāļĄāđ€āļāļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āļāļąāļšāļŦāļąāļ§āļ‚āđ‰āļ­āđ€āļ‰āļžāļēāļ°āļĢāļ°āļŦāļ§āđˆāļēāļ‡āļāļēāļĢāļ—āļģāđāļšāļšāļŠāļ­āļšāļ–āļēāļĄ
5,033
36%

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