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Udacity

ES6 - JavaScript Improved

via Udacity

Overview

ECMAScript 6, or ES6, has brought about a ton of changes to the JavaScript programming language. In this course, you'll explore those changes to learn about the latest features and improvements to the language including new keywords, arrow functions, the Class syntax, Promises, and so much more. Discover how much cleaner and more concise your JavaScript code can be!

Syllabus

  • Syntax
    • Learn new ways to define variables,Use destructuring to work more efficiently with arrays and objects,Explore a new method for looping using the for...of loop
  • Functions
    • Write cleaner and more concise functions using arrow functions,Learn how the `this` keyword behaves when working with arrow functions,Explore new ways to create extendable JavaScript classes and subclasses
  • Built-ins
    • Experiment with new object types for Sets, Maps, WeakSets, and WeakMaps,Handle asynchronous requests using JavaScript Promises,Learn how generators can be used to pause the execution of a function while also maintaining its own state
  • Professional developer-fu
    • Write ES6 code for unsupported browsers with polyfills and transpilers,Use a transpiler to convert ES6 code to ES5 code

Taught by

Richard Kalehoff and James Parkes

Reviews

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  • Yana Pryymachenko
    The information is presented in very easy to understand way, with good examples and small interactive exercises to help understand the concepts better and retain the knowledge. Instructors are very engaging. Highly recommend!

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