...ES6

Constants

const PI = 3.141593

const MAX_WIDTH = 300
PI = 666
PI = 666 //nope

let Vs. var

var i = 123
var x = 456

for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
  let x = a[i]
  // ...
}

console.log(i) //123
console.log(x) //456

Property shorthands

var name = 'peter'
var age  = 25

var person = {
    name,
    age,
    size: 170
};
var name = 'peter',
    age = 25;

var person = {
    name: name,
    age: age,
    size: 170
};

Arrow functions

var sum = (a, b) => a + b
var sum = function sum(a, b) {
  return a + b;
};
var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];

var odds = numbers.filter(number => number % 2);


var odds = numbers.filter(function (number) {
  return number % 2;
});

Defaults


  http://es6-features.org/#DefaultParameterValues
  https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features#default--rest--spread

function sum (x, y = 10, z = 20) {
    return x + y + z
}
sum(3)
sum(3) // 33
sum(null, null, 50)
sum(null, null, 50) // 50

Templating

// Multiline strings
var moreLines = `In JavaScript this is 
not legal.
But in ES6
it is`
// String interpolation
var name = 'Bob',
    time = 'today';

var printIt = `Hello ${name}, how are you ${time}?`

Classes...

class Animal {
    constructor (name, fly=false, sound) {
        this.name = name
        this.fly = fly
        this.sound = sound
    }
    canFly (fly) {
      if(this.fly) {
        return 'goes up up in the sky'
      }
      return 'stays on the ground'
    }
    talk (sound) {
      return this.sound;
    }
    describe () {
console.log(`${this.name}
${this.canFly()}
and shouts ${this.talk()}`)
    }
}
var bird = new Animal('birdy', true, 'tchirp')
var cat  = new Animal('kitty', false, 'miao')
var strangething  = new Animal()

bird.describe()
cat.describe()
strangething.describe()
// "birdy
// goes up up in the sky
// and shouts
// tchirp"

// "kitty
// stays on the ground
// and shouts
// miao"

// "undefined
// stays on the ground
// and shouts
// undefined"

...Extend

class Cat extends Animal {
    constructor() {
        super()
        this.name  = 'cat'
        this.fly   = false
        this.sound = 'miao'
    }
}

class Bird extends Animal {
    constructor() {
        super()
        this.name  = 'bird'
        this.fly   = true
        this.sound = 'tchirp'
    }
}
var bird = new Bird()
var cat  = new Cat()

bird.describe()
cat.describe()
// "birdy
// goes up up in the sky
// and shouts
// tchirp"

// "kitty
// stays on the ground
// and shouts
// miao"

Modules

//animal.js

class Animal {
   ...
}

export { Animal }
//catbird.js

import { Animal } from './animal.js';

class Cat extends Animal {
  ...
}
// catbird.js

import { Animal as foo} from './animal.js';

class Cat extends foo {
    ...
}
// calc.js

import {add, subtract} from "math.js";

sum(5, 3); // 8
// math.js
function sum(a, b) { ... }

function subtract(a, b) { ... }

export { sum, subtract }

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