the back-tick allows you to use string templating for example: var value = 4; var str = `text with a ${value}` // str will be : ‘text with a 4’ for ” vs ‘ I say look at this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9959952/6739517 As for performance, it seems like it would be the same if you are … Read more
This is a feature called template literals. They were called “template strings” in prior editions of the ECMAScript 2015 specification. Template literals are supported by Firefox 34, Chrome 41, and Edge 12 and above, but not by Internet Explorer. Examples: http://tc39wiki.calculist.org/es6/template-strings/ Official specification: ECMAScript 2015 Language Specification, 12.2.9 Template Literal Lexical Components (a bit dry) Template … Read more