Understanding ECMAScript 6

ECMAScript 6 represents the biggest update to the core of JavaScript in the history of the language. In Understanding ECMAScript 6, expert developer Nicholas C. Zakas provides a complete guide to the object types, syntax, and other exciting changes that ECMAScript 6 brings to JavaScript. Every chapter is packed with example code that works in any JavaScript environment so you'll be able to see new features in action. You'll learn:

* How ECMAScript 6 class syntax relates to more familiar JavaScript concepts

* What makes iterators and generators useful

* How arrow functions differ from regular functions

* Ways to store data with sets, maps, and more

* The power of inheritance

* How to improve asynchronous programming with promises

* How modules change the way you organize code

Whether you're a web developer or a Node.js developer, you'll find Understanding ECMAScript 6 indispensable on your journey from ECMAScript 5 to ECMAScript 6.