ES6, Right here, right now

Why ES6 (the next version of JavaScript) is great and how you can use it today

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1. Es6 Right here, right now
2. What is Es6 Single implementation of common framework features New functionality
3. Modules
4. CommonJs
5. Es6 modules
6. Classes
7. Classes No support for private methods, can fake it though No support for private variables, yet
8. fake private methods
9. Arrow functions
10. Let and const
11. Default parameters
12. Template strings
13. Others • Built in promises • Sets, Maps • Proxies • Math - .isNan, .isInteger, constants • Array - .from, .find, .findIndex • Strings - .contains • Binary and octal literals • Generators and yield • Destructuring and spread operators
14. Using this right now https://babeljs.io/
15. Server side > Node 4 - everything except modules < Node 4 is a crapshoot Hook into require
16. Client side ES6 — Babel —> ES5 modules ES5 modules — Webpack —> FRONTEND SCRIPT
17. Client side grunt/gulp + browserify/webpack + babel 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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