How to build a calculator—part 3
Read OriginalThis third part of a tutorial series teaches how to refactor a JavaScript calculator codebase. It covers applying best practices such as early returns, reducing variable reassignments, using pure functions, and improving code readability. The article provides step-by-step code examples for refactoring the core calculation logic.
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