There is a new exciting feature coming to JavaScript in the not-so-far future. That feature is Optional Chaining. At this moment, Optional Chaining is in Stage 3 of the TC39 process, so it’s in late stages of the process and will be here soonish.

In general terms, Optional Chaining is an approach to simplify JavaScript expressions for accessing deeply nested values, array items, and methods when there is a possibility that a reference may be missing.

In this blog, we give an introduction to Optional Chaining in JavaScript. We discuss what problems Optional Chaining solves, the various ways you can use it, and relatable code examples.