Exploring ES6

by Axel Rauschmayer

An in-depth book on ECMAScript 6, for JavaScript programmers. FREE ONLINE: http://exploringjs.com/es6.html

Genres: Programming, Technology, Computer Science, Software, Nonfiction

630 pages, ebook

First published June 13, 2015

Reviews

[Rafael]

Very practical overview of the new JavaScript syntax.

[Pavel Shchegolevatykh]

Really good ES6 book, author answers a lot of "why" questions the reader might ask. Chapters are fully independent and can be used as a reference. Most of those books are dry and very technical but this one is pretty easy to read and understand.

[Deen john]

good book

[Kristina]

Good overview of ES6. I like using it like a handbook.

[Limerary]

excellent

[Michael]

Great content, but the writing style is a bit tedious and repetitive. That said you really can't ask for more detail, and there are some nice practical examples, i.e. in the section on proxies.

[Salvatore]

Very in-depth overview of ES6.

I really like the writing style, full with easy-to-grasp examples and use cases.

Obligatory read to all JavaScript developers who want to move forward to ES6.

[Alessandro Pellizzari]

I lati positivi di questo libro sono che copre praticamente tutte le novità di ES6 (o ES2015, o Javascript 6, come si preferisce chiamarlo) e che, soprattutto nei capitoli finali, spiega qualche tecnica avanzata per usare le nuove caratteristiche del linguaggio.

I lati negativi però sono diversi.

Innanzitutto a volte sembra scritto al contrario. Inizia descrivendo una caratteristica a livello talmente astratto da non capire di cosa parla, per poi passare ai problemi nell'implementazione, quindi all'implementazione a basso livello, e finalmente spiega di cosa si tratta e come si usa.

Le spiegazioni troppo spesso sono noiose frasi di 2-3 righe che non dicono niente che il nome della funzione non dica già.

Gli esempi sono pochi, risicati e spesso troppo astratti.

[Sebastian Gebski]

Even if it's still in progress, most likely it's the best resource on ES6 you can get. Rich, deep (sometimes goes even a bit over the edge) while still very approachable. Keeping in mind its size, I was surprised that it covers only the new elements of ES6, not whole ESx since the beginning of humanity ... Very helpful & highly recommended for people interested in modern Web.

[Milan Lempera]

Great overview of new ES6 features. I like author's
approach. First is described feature and base use. Then some practical use examples. API details and last a deeper look into implementation details, reasons, and possible problems.

I definitely recommend this book for every who want know JS language.

[Ferhat Elmas]

Good: free online and sufficiently detailed.