Throw is about control flow – not error handling

Sam and Ryan talk about why it’s better to think of throw as a general-purpose JavaScript language feature rather than something that should only be used for error handling. They discuss the ambiguity around the phrase “error handling”, situations that call for dealing with errors locally vs. globally, and how throw can be useful for non-error control flow. They also discuss the problems with trying to shoehorn dynamic features into a static site. Topics include: 0:00 - Intro 4:07 - Error handling vs. throw-try/catch 23:34 - Errors vs. Exceptions 31:52 - How Next.js uses throw for non-error control flow 40:44 - Adding a dynamic feature to a static site Links: Global progress in Next.js What color is your function Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us

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Throw is about control flow – not error handling is an episode from Frontend First by Frontend First.

This episode is 01:04:11 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2024.

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