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ECMAScript 6 Is Officially a JavaScript Standard

Posted by timothy on from the very-long-initiation-process dept.

rjmarvin writes: The ECMAScript 6 specification is now a standard. ES6 is the first major revision to the programming language since 1999 and its hallmark features include a revamped syntax featuring classes and modules. The Ecma General Assembly officially approved the specification at its June meeting in France, ECMAScript project editor Allen Wirfs-Brock announced.

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  1. So that means in ten years we can use it right? by dmgxmichael · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hate how legacy browsers act as stones around our necks.

  2. What's in Javascript 6? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good overview here: http://es6-features.org

    The big one is real classes. No more prototype boilerplate.

  3. Spec by TFlan91 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since actually having a link to the spec in the announcement of the spec would be helpful...

    http://www.ecma-international....

  4. Prototypical by nmb3000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    revamped syntax featuring classes

    So they just gave up on the whole prototype system and duct taped class-based OO on top of it? That's actually kind of sad -- It was a special aspect of Javascript that set it apart from other languages, and homogenization is boring. I guess maybe today's "Javascript developers" just couldn't wrap their heads around it.

    Here's a rundown of the new features if anyone else hasn't been following ES6 and is curious. A few of note are

    scoped and const declaration via let and const,
    lazy iterators and generators,
    format/heredoc strings,
    and varargs ala Lua.

    Overall this looks like a good step in bringing Javascript closer to being on par with more modern languages.

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