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JavaScript Language Evolution Web Development

ES2015 Is Here. Now What?

ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) was officially finalized this week. After six years since ES5, JavaScript has classes, modules, arrow functions, promises, and dozens of other features. This should feel momentous, but the reality is most developers have been using these features for months via Babel.

The standard finalizing doesn't change what we write—it changes the legitimacy of writing it.

What Actually Changed

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JavaScript Language Features Web Development

ES6 Preview: Which Features Are Worth Learning Now?

The next version of JavaScript—ES6, or ECMAScript 2015 as it'll officially be called—is taking shape. Finalization is expected next year, but transpilers like Traceur let us use features today. The question is: which features are stable enough to bet on, and which might change?

The Transpiler Bet