Abstract Syntax Trees, AST for short are a very less talked about subject in the world of Javascript. But surprisingly, almost all of the common tooling used by modern front end developers, from linting, minifying, babel-transforming, uglifying, webpacking depend heavily on the AST for reliable and standardised transformations. Learning how to use an AST is much simpler than I imagined. Here's about why ASTs are so ubiquitous and how you can make use of it to enhance your daily workflow.