Unlock the Power of Template Literals: Advanced Techniques for Using JavaScript Variables

Take your JS skills to the next level with template literals and their advanced features

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Template literals are a powerful feature of JavaScript that were introduced as part of ES6 (ECMAScript 2015). They allow you to embed expressions within string literals, making it easier to create complex strings and perform various operations on them. While many developers are familiar with basic usage of template literals, there is much more to explore when it comes to their advanced capabilities.

In this article, we’ll dive deep into some of the lesser-known but incredibly useful features of template literals. We’ll look at how they can be used for multiline strings, expression interpolation, tagged templates, default function arguments, rest parameters, and destructuring assignments.

By the end of this post, you will have gained a solid understanding of these advanced techniques and be able to put them into practice in your own projects.

Multiline Strings

One of the most common uses of template literals is creating multiline strings. Prior to ES6, if you wanted to create a multiline string, you would need to use concatenation or an…