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(Previously known as es5-ext
)
Non-standard or soon to be standard language utilities in a future proof, non-invasive form.
Doesn't enforce transpilation step. Where it's applicable utilities/extensions are safe to use in all ES3+ implementations.
npm install ext
globalThis
Function
Math
Object
Promise
String
String.prototype
Thenable.prototype
FAQs
JavaScript utilities with respect to emerging standard
The npm package ext receives a total of 7,362,621 weekly downloads. As such, ext popularity was classified as popular.
We found that ext demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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