Polyfill
Polyfill provides new api to support old browsers. For example, some old browsers doesn't have Math.trunc
.
We have this as the polyfill:
if (!Math.trunc) { // if no such function
// implement it
Math.trunc = function(number) {
// Math.ceil and Math.floor exist even in ancient JavaScript engines
// they are covered later in the tutorial
return number < 0 ? Math.ceil(number) : Math.floor(number);
};
}
Example: Polyfill.io, zloirock/core-js: Standard Library (github.com)