A guide to 2ality’s posts on ECMAScript.next/ECMAScript 6

This blog post gives an overview of the 2ality posts on the next version of ECMAScript, ECMAScript 6 (code-named ECMAScript.next). All of those posts have the label esnext. Consult the sitemap for a list of all guides.

Last date covered by this guide: 2012-11-09.

General information on ECMAScript.next:

• ECMAScript: ES.next versus ES 6 versus ES Harmony
• Major and minor JavaScript pitfalls and ECMAScript 6
• The first ECMAScript.next features in Firefox and Chrome
• es6-shim – ECMAScript 6 functionality on ECMAScript 5
• A first look at what might be in ECMAScript 7 and 8

Language features:

• Quasi-literals: embedded DSLs in ECMAScript.next [new name: template strings]
• ECMAScript.next’s for-of loop
• ECMAScript.next: arrow functions and method definitions
• Keyword parameters in JavaScript and ECMAScript.next
• Classes and object-orientation:
  • ECMAScript.next: classes
  • Private data for objects in JavaScript
  • A closer look at super-references in JavaScript and ECMAScript.next
• The special property __proto__:
  • JavaScript: __proto__
  • How to pronounce __proto__
  • The text “__proto__” can break a webapp

Standard library:

• ECMAScript.next: Array.from() and Array.of()

Applications of ECMAScript.next language features:

• Subtyping JavaScript built-ins
• Make node.js code pretty via a generator-based library

TC39 updates:

• ECMAScript.next: TC39’s September 2012 meeting
• ECMAScript.next: TC39’s July 2012 meeting