What do you think?
Rate this book
What Every JavaScript Developer Should Know About ECMAScript 2015
The 2015 specification for the JavaScript language introduces classes, modules, arrow functions, and more. I sat down and wrote the book I would like to read about these new features. This book is not an exhaustive list of everything new in the ECMAScript 2015 specification that governs the JavaScript language. Instead, I purposefully selected what I think are the important features we will use in everyday programming. I expect the reader will already have a good understanding of the JavaScript language as the language existed before 2015.
- GenresProgramming
101 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 21, 2015
47 people are currently reading
53 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
July 12, 2016
Quick, short summary of what's new.
July 13, 2018
The book (or rather, long tutorial) is quite well written: concise and straight to the point, no fluff.
One annoying mistake that kept appearing though (at least in the electronic version I got) was using the name "ES2017" to refer to the ECMAScript version being talked about, instead of "ES2015" (probably an automation mistake…).
One annoying mistake that kept appearing though (at least in the electronic version I got) was using the name "ES2017" to refer to the ECMAScript version being talked about, instead of "ES2015" (probably an automation mistake…).
February 28, 2019
Nice summary
Very good book to get an overview, refresh your knowledge and to check if you skipped some of the features. However, for in-depth studying of ES6 (and JS in general), you would want something more detailed.
Very good book to get an overview, refresh your knowledge and to check if you skipped some of the features. However, for in-depth studying of ES6 (and JS in general), you would want something more detailed.
January 16, 2016
This is introductory book to ES2015, and it's not going too deep to details. It covers high some major features.
I read and own kindle copy of this book and it has so many concatenated words, so it make this book to read very hard. I believe that this issues is with kindle.
If you would like to learn new ES2015 features in 1 or two days this is a book for you, but if you would like to learn deep concept behind you might need another book. For instance if you would like to learn and know everything about Symbols you might need another book.
I really like examples, they are short and up to the point.
I read and own kindle copy of this book and it has so many concatenated words, so it make this book to read very hard. I believe that this issues is with kindle.
If you would like to learn new ES2015 features in 1 or two days this is a book for you, but if you would like to learn deep concept behind you might need another book. For instance if you would like to learn and know everything about Symbols you might need another book.
I really like examples, they are short and up to the point.
December 1, 2015
Title says it all. Good, short read. I would recommend running all of the examples in https://babeljs.io/ to see transpiled results.
But... paraphrasing Polish ex Prime Minister: "the ECMAScript should be judged for not what it adds, but what it removes" and many JavaScript oddities still remain ;)
But... paraphrasing Polish ex Prime Minister: "the ECMAScript should be judged for not what it adds, but what it removes" and many JavaScript oddities still remain ;)
July 13, 2016
To the point
I'd recommend this book to anyone trying to get a firm grasp on JavaScript. Many core language features are explained real well in this book. Such as prototypes, constructors, hoisting etc.
I'd recommend this book to anyone trying to get a firm grasp on JavaScript. Many core language features are explained real well in this book. Such as prototypes, constructors, hoisting etc.
December 6, 2015
This was a quick overview with examples of ES6. It was well written and could have just as easily been a nice long blog article.
February 2, 2016
Easy read for someone who is already familiar to ES5 and wonder if ES6 is only syntactic sugar. Good price. Few proofreading mistakes but no biggie.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews