Tag: ECMAScript6

Chris Perry shows how to set up a build system for modern JavaScript, using Babel, ES6 modules and webpack, with watch tasks and automatic page refreshes.

Craig Buckler introduces ES6 modules, showing how they can be used today with the help of a transpiler.

Byron covers generators and iterators, two JavaScript features introduced in ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) that have changed the way developers write JavaScript.

Craig's latest tutorial explains how to use complex-sounding ES6 destructuring assignment shorthand syntax to simplify your code and save typing effort.

Craig describes how to use proxies in ES6 to perform meta-programming operations such as intercepting object property inspections and function calls.

Symbols, a new primitive type, are one of the lesser-known features of ES6. Nonetheless, they can come in quite handy, as Nilson Jacques demonstrates.

Aurelio introduces let and const, two new ES6 keywords for defining variables, showing examples of how they work and how they differ from the var keyword.

Aurelio introduces ES6 methods that work with arrays — Array.* and Array.prototype.* — showing examples of them in action and listing available polyfills.

Aurelio introduces the new ES6 methods that work with strings — String.prototype.* — showing examples of them in action and listing available polyfills.

Aurelio introduces the new and improved ES6 number methods and constants, along with practical examples of how each works, and fallbacks for older browsers.

Microsoft's David Catuhe explains JavaScript's recent advances in the area of asynchronous code.

Microsoft's David Rousset explains how he experimented with ECMAScript6 on babylon.js with TypeScript in Microsoft Edge

Christian Heilmann looks past the ES6 hype and examines the issues with the evolution of a language as ubiquitous as JavaScript.

Microsoft's David Catuhe explains new developments in WebGL library Babylon.js

Microsoft's David Catuhe explains ECMAScript 6's advanced support for multiline strings.

Brad Barrow introduces you to Aurelia, a JavaScript framework that employs concepts like ES6, Web Components, and modularization to build modern apps.

Microsoft's David Catuhe explains how to use classes and inheritance in ECMAScript 6.

This article explains how ECMAScript 6 can be used to write AngularJS applications.

This article provides an overview of the Set and WeakSet data types which are new in ECMAScript 6.

This week's round-up of the biggest web news includes plenty on Apple, a look at ECMAScript 6, and an examination of web apps.

This article looks at two new data types, Map and WeakMap, introduced in ECMAScript 6.

This article introduces JavaScript generators. The article then shows how this feature can be used to prevent callback hell.