Understanding ECMAScript 6: The Definitive Guide for JavaScript Developers

Authors: Zakas, Nicholas C.
Publisher: No Starch Press
BISAC/Subject: COM051260, COM051230, COM051010
ISBN: 9781593277987, Related ISBNs: 1593277571, 1593277989, 9781593277574, 9781593277987
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: ECMAScript 6 represents the biggest update to the core of JavaScript in the history of the language. In Understanding ECMAScript 6, expert developer Nicholas C. Zakas provides a complete guide to the object types, syntax, and other exciting changes that ECMAScript 6 brings to JavaScript. Every chapter is packed with example code that works in any JavaScript environment so you’ll be able to see new features in action.

You’ll learn:
–How ECMAScript 6 class syntax relates to more familiar JavaScript concepts
–What makes iterators and generators useful
–How arrow functions differ from regular functions
–Ways to store data with sets, maps, and more
–The power of inheritance
–How to improve asynchronous programming with promises
–How modules change the way you organize code


Whether you’re a web developer or a Node.js developer, you’ll find Understanding ECMAScript 6 indispensable on your journey from ECMAScript 5 to ECMAScript 6.
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