Lea Verou • 2/10/2021

Mass function overloading: why and how?

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This article discusses the benefits and implementation of function overloading in JavaScript, using the Bliss.js library as a case study. It explains how overloading functions to handle both singular and aggregate operations (like single elements vs. arrays) leads to more compact, readable, and intuitive code, drawing inspiration from jQuery's success with this pattern.

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