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ES6 Series

In this series of articles I will be doing some demos and recommendations for using ES6. There are a few features that I have found invaluable. Some are specific to ES6 some aren’t, but those ones I have found I am using them more with ES6 so I want to include them.

ES6 Series: Let and Const.

Let and const came to solve a big problem in JS, hoisting. And they delivered in a big way! Why have let and const?

Here is a quick codepen to show you why:

ES6 Series: Old but new

So, I am going to take a little bit of time and talk about a few things that have existed for a long or short while before ES6 before going on further with ES6. Why? Because these things have gained new life and are worth looking at. I have also seen enough people that haven’t seen…

ES6 Series: Template Strings

That was ridiculously tough, and looking at it, It takes a little while to understand what is going on there. I had to go back and fix my…

React + Redux: Architecture Overview

React is pretty hot stuff right now. I have been working with it for a while now. As I was…

ES6 Series: Default Arguments, Object Definitions & Destructuring

The reason I have put all three of these into a single article is because separate they are just average updates, but their powers combine to create Amazing Awesomeness. So I will introduce you to each of them, then…

ES6 Series: Arrow Functions

This?

What is one of the most confusing parts of JS? this. No, not arrow functions, this. This changes based on the context of the call, not on the context of the definition. I am not going into much details on that for this, because this isn’t an…

ES6 Series: Async Javascript.

Javascript is single threaded, that means that only one thing can be happening at a time. It is kinda like a straw. When I am sucking on a peach smoothy and a chunk of peach gets stuck in my straw I can’t get any more goodness. That is the problem with single threaded JS.

Stiva

(I need to get this out of the way first, why call it stiva? what is with the boat? Stiva is italian for a hold, like a boat or an airplane hold…