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Modern JavaScript Applications
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We need to use template language to write component templates. Template language is composed of HTML along with the {}, [], (), [()], *, |, and # tokens. Let's see what each of these is used for and how to use them.
To simply render a property of the this keyword, we need to use the {{}} token. Inside these braces, we can simply place the property name.
We can only place expressions inside braces. The expressions we place inside them look like JavaScript. But there are a few JavaScript expressions that we are not allowed to use inside these braces. Here they are:
Assignments (=, +=, -=)
The new operator
Chaining expressions with ; or ,
Increment and decrement operators (++ and --)
The bitwise operators | and &
We can also place pipes in braces. A pipe is a function that accepts an input value and returns a transformed value. A pipe is represented by the | operator. The final result of expressions inside braces can be transformed using pipes. There can...