ES6

ES6

ES2015

We're calling it ES6 anyways

Edge: 84%

1. Use Babel: Competitors have been crushed
2. Class keyword considered evil
3. Just kidding
4. Microsoft has most advanced JavaScript browser right now! 
5. Fav. features: Modules, arrow functions, class keyword

Babel: 71%

Chrome: 65%

Essential ES6 Resources

Exploring ES6

http://exploringjs.com/

Kangax Compat Tables

Dr. Axel Rauschmayer's free to read online, deep & delicious book.

Know what supports what and how.

Framework Trends

Angular

Backbone

Ember

React

Framework Trends

1. Angular2 "debacle"
2. React hotness: React native, ReactDOM, React breakfast cereal
3. Some vanilla JS resurgence ie."no framework"

Sadly missing:

• Difficulties with the Spec
• Shadow DOM seems figured out
• Polyfills doing the job for now
• RiotJS

Web Components

Read: What happened to web components?

node / IO.JS merge

Typed JavaScript

• TypeScript / AtScript
• Flow
• SoundScript
• and more.

Native Application Wrappers

• Electron
• NW.js

JavaScript in your hardware

• Espruino
• Tessel
• PIJS.io
• Node Bots

More JS+hardware presentations to come in 2016

JS as compile target

• Web Assembly
• ASM.js

The Future

• Beautiful ES7 features: async/await, array comprehensions, simd

1st Prediction

Single Page Apps

are going to get less popular as the pendulum swings back

Static pages 5ever

2nd Prediction

Microsoft

will somehow make a cross platform browser. it will be the best one you've ever used.

Thanks

have a great 2016
without undefined exceptions