The state of Javascript in 2015

Adrián Bolonio

A little bit of history...

1995

LiveScript

1996-99

ECMA1

Netscape

2002

JSON

2006

jQuery

GWT

2009-11

NodeJS

ECMA5

2015

???

Coffeescript

Firebug

Mocha

ECMA = European Computer Manufacturers' Association

ECMA2

ECMA3

ECMAScript 2015

ECMAScript 2015

Arrow Function

this.message = 'hello world';
var that = this;

process.nextTick(function() {
  console.log(that.message);
});
process.nextTick(() => {
  console.log(this.message);
});

ECMAScript 2015

Block Scoping (let / const)

for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
   let j = i * i;
   console.log(j);
}
console.log(j); // => error, j is undefined
const PI = 3.14159265359;
PI = 0; // => error: PI is read-only

ECMAScript 2015

Classes

class Monster extends Entity {
  constructor(name) {
    super();
    this.name = name;
  }

  get scariness() {
    return 'mild';
  }

  speak() {
    super.speak();
  }

  static create() {
    return new Monster();
  }
}

http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/6.0/

ECMAScript 2015

Frameworks vs Libraries

JS Frameworks

vs

vs

vs

vs

*Data taken on the 30th June 2015

vs

vs

JS Libraries

JS "Languages"

JS Enviroments

Recap

ECMAScript 2015

Frameworks

Libraries

Languages

Enviroments

AngularJS / BackboneJS / EmberJS

jQuery / Underscore / DB3

CoffeeScript / Dart / TypeScript

NodeJS

ECMA6

alert("thanks");

The State of Javascript in 2015

By Adrián Bolonio

The State of Javascript in 2015

The State of Javascript in 2015

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