Introduction to ES6 Course | DevelopIntelligence

Course Summary

The Introduction to ES6 training course is designed to demonstrate how to utilize the features of ES6, the newest version of JavaScript, to write increasingly complex scripts and applications.

The course begins with an exploration of the history of JavaScript and how ES6 came into existence. Next, it explores the primary ES6 features, including block scoping, string literals, destructuring, and arrow functions. Finally, the course concludes with a study of promises and asynchronous programming.

Purpose

Learn how to use the features of ES6, the newest version of JavaScript, to write increasingly complex scripts and applications.

Audience

Developers with experience programming in ES5.

Role

Software Developer - Web Developer

Skill Level

Introduction

Style

Hack-a-thon - Learning Spikes - Workshops

Duration

1 Day

Related Technologies

JavaScript

React

Web Development

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Productivity Objectives:

Write modern, powerful, and succinct JavaScript with ES6
Correctly utilize ES6 features like template literals, destructuring, arrow functions and let and const
Transpile ES6 to ES5 using so that all browsers can make sense of it

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What You'll Learn

In the Introduction to ES6 training course, you'll learn:

Introducing ES6
- Why ES6?
- The history of ES6
- ES2016 and beyond
- Useful resources
Using ES6
- ES6 browser compatibility
- ES6 on the server (node)
- Try out ES6
- Utilize an ES6 Compiler
  - Babel
  - Traceur
Syntax
- Block scopes (const/let)
- Binary and octal literals
Strings
- New string methods
- Template literals
- Tagged template literals
Functions
- Default parameters
- Rest operator
- Spread operator
- Arrow functions
- Lexical ‘this’
- Tail Calls
Destructuring
- Object destructures
- Array destructures
- Destructure parameters
Modules
- Single and multiple exports
- Import modules
- Use a module loader or bundler objects
- Enhanced object literals
- Method definitions
- Property value shorthand
- Computed property keys
Classes
- Utilize Class Syntax
- Base derived classes
- extends, super and static
New APIs
- Math, Number, String, Array and Object APIs
Iterators and Generators
- For…of Loop
- Iterators
- Generators
Promises and Asynchronous Programming
- Asynchronous programming background
- Create promises
- Use promises
Maps Sets
- Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet
Symbols
- Symbol Basics
- Create Unique Values
- Create Metadata in Objects, Maps and Classes
Proxies
- Proxies, proxy handlers and traps
- Proxy use cases
Reflection
- Reflection API