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Understanding ECMAScript 6: The Definitive Guide for JavaScript Developers 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Nicholas C. Zakas (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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ECMAScript 6 represents the biggest update to the core of JavaScript in the history of the language. In Understanding ECMAScript 6, expert developer Nicholas C. Zakas provides a complete guide to the object types, syntax, and other exciting changes that ECMAScript 6 brings to JavaScript. Every chapter is packed with example code that works in any JavaScript environment so you’ll be able to see new features in action.

You’ll learn:
–How ECMAScript 6 class syntax relates to more familiar JavaScript concepts
–What makes iterators and generators useful
–How arrow functions differ from regular functions
–Ways to store data with sets, maps, and more
–The power of inheritance
–How to improve asynchronous programming with promises
–How modules change the way you organize code


Whether you’re a web developer or a Node.js developer, you’ll find Understanding ECMAScript 6 indispensable on your journey from ECMAScript 5 to ECMAScript 6.
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“Recommended to any JavaScript user looking to grok ES6.”
—The MagPi

“This book is for existing JavaScript coders who want to keep their skills sharp.”
—Network Security

“Understanding ECMAScript 6 is now essential for all web developers. This book will help you get started.”
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About the Author

Nicholas C. Zakas has been working on web applications since 2000, focusing on frontend development, and is known for writing and speaking about frontend best practices. He honed his experience during his five years at Yahoo!, where he was principal frontend engineer for the Yahoo! home page. He is the author of several books, including The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript (No Starch Press) and Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01L2VFPZA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ No Starch Press; 1st edition (August 16, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 16, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1505 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 353 pages
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Nicholas C. Zakas is a front-end consultant who specializes in user interface design and implementation for web applications using JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, CSS, XML, and XSLT. Has has 15 years of web development experience and spent nearly five years at Yahoo! in various roles, including principal front end engineer for the Yahoo! homepage and contributor to the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library, having written the Cookie Utility, Profiler, and YUI Test.

Nicholas is the author of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers and High Performance JavaScript, a co-author on Professional Ajax, and a contributor to Even Faster Web Sites. He has also written for several online sites such as WebReference, Sitepoint, the YUI Blog, A List Apart, and the Web Performance Advent Calendar.

Nicholas regularly gives talks about web development, JavaScript, and best practices. He has given talks at companies such as Yahoo!, LinkedIn, Google, Netflix, TripAdvisor, and NASA, and conferences such as the Ajax Experience, the Rich Web Experience, OSCON, WebDirections, Fronteers, and Velocity.

Through his writing and speaking, Nicholas seeks to teach others the valuable lessons he’s learned while working on some of the most popular and demanding web applications in the world. He firmly believes that no difficult problem should need to be solved more than once.

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Michael D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of ECMAScript 6 and WON'T bore you to death
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2018
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Over the years, I have bought other books authored by Nicholas C. Zakas, so I knew that this book would be treated with the same level of thoroughness and clear examples. I was not disappointed. Each chapter of the book covers a major area -- Functions, Objects, Sets/Maps, and so on. What I found useful about the book was that I could read just a chapter and get up-to-speed on whatever the chapter covered, so in that sense, this book worked as a reference. Aside from that, the chapters were in-depth, but not overwhelming if you're like me and find your mind wandering after reading dry reference material with no end in sight. I am passionate about JavaScript so I was like a sponge reading the info, but it definitely did help that I could finish a whole chapter in an hour or so -- depending on how often I was stopping to highlight info. The book does a great job of explaining how things were done in the pre-ECMAScript 6 days to set the reader up for why ECMAScript 6 introduced the changes that it did. Overall: great book, highly recommend it!
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Joel
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece!
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016
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Comprehensive and succinct all at once. I cannot believe how quickly this book gives you all you need to know about ES6. I was actually reading Stoyan Stefanov's new book - React Up and Running - while waiting for this book to arrive. There were all these little Snippets of ES6 syntax in Stoyan's book which were introduced, but not comprehensively covered (and there's nothing wrong with that!). After my copy of Understanding EcmaScript 6 arrived I was able to cross-reference all this syntax and new language features and get a deep understanding of them which was just wonderful and incredibly helpful. One of the things I really appreciate about book is you can actually read through it from beginning to end or just read little segments relevant to whatever ES6 feature you've come across and you don't feel lost or overwhelmed. There's also no need to have your laptop open while you crick your neck, holding the book in one hand, typing in pages and pages of code in the other - it makes perfectl sense as-is. Overall just a beautiful, well thought out technical book. I can't recommend it enough!
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I'm Wearing My D-Pants Right Now
4.0 out of 5 stars The author tries to cover all kinds of edge cases and odd behaviors when all I really care about (for the sake of introduction) is the happy paths, or most common use cases
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018
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This is a very thorough introduction to language changes. With that being said, I realize I don't need the level of thoroughness that is given here, though I appreciate the detail. The author tries to cover all kinds of edge cases and odd behaviors when all I really care about (for the sake of introduction) is the happy paths, or most common use cases.
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epm
5.0 out of 5 stars a must have javascript es6 reference book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
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a great book on the current version of javascript (es6 used in node.js). i have not used javascript in the last 10 years and the language sure has changed and this book allowed me to catch up. i just hope the author keeps updating it when new ecmascript versions come out.

easier to understand than reading the actual standard!!

the coverage of the language reminds me of the old k&r book on the c programming language. succinct, to the point, excellent examples, not boring and highly literate.

the author has created a masterpiece which i hope he will keep updating as the standards get churned out with more and more features,
i for one will keep buying the new editions!
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Samantha Azzarano
5.0 out of 5 stars Not For Beginners
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2019
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This is an excellent book, written by some top in the field talent, however, be warned that the theory discussed is at a very advanced level, so if you're a beginner, as I am, you may be better served with another type of book that has more practical examples or syntax breakdowns.
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Silverbox
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly presented
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2018
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I have another book my the same author, and he's really excellent. Great organization, explanations, and sample code. I've studied ES6 on a number of websites and he does a better job than anyone else, especially with the complicated topics like Symbols.
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McKay Montz
3.0 out of 5 stars not really a guide to learn Javascript, more a breathy sparknotes
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020
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Learning javascript myself, to really get into this book and see its "value" I believe you really need to be more than an intermediate javascript programer. It gives you long and long winded intros to the subject its about to discuss (which about each subject it talks about its about 1 page long) and then gives you a very dry explanation of what javascript use to be "ECMA 5" then gives you a even shorter explanation of ECMA 6 and a not really relatable example.

This comes into play when programmers think they can become "teachers", and this is a prime example of "just because you have a job skill, doesnt mean your a good teacher". Basically saying I will maybe use this book down my programming road. Like when you were a kid and sometimes pick up a encyclopedia for information to find out you wasted your time, so instead you just look for your question on the internet. Not worth paying for honesdt.
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Lancer Kind
5.0 out of 5 stars You need to learn these topics to continue working in JS
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017
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Gives great insight into the backroom game of how these standards happen and then takes you through what's new. Skip around to the parts you don't understand, like fat arrow or bind, or read it all as a JS primer. You need to learn these tools to work in JS.
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Radu
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2020
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Very good book regarding ES6, Zakas is one of the best JS teaches out there
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Luís
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensacional!
Reviewed in Brazil on August 27, 2017
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Este livro é super completo. Cobre vários aspectos do ES6 e esclareceu muitos conceitos da nova especificação da linguagem que ainda era obscuros para mim. Ocupa lugar de destaque na minha estante e eventualmente eu o pego para tirar alguma dúvida. Recomendo a todos àqueles que querem conhecer os novos conceitos do ES6, em um livro prático e com vários exemplos de código..
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Stphane
5.0 out of 5 stars Exaustif et précis
Reviewed in France on August 28, 2018
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Développeur JavaScript confirmé, je cherchais une référence sur la nouvelle mouture qu'est ES6. J'ai trouvé dans ce livre l'exhaustivité et la précision que je cherchais. Le livre est agréable à lire, les exemples clairs, je n'ai relevé que peu de coquilles. Je ne peux que recommander cet ouvrage.
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Michael Prisco
4.0 out of 5 stars Buon acquisto
Reviewed in Italy on August 15, 2018
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Mi e’ piaciuto. Utile e chiaro nell’esposizione rivolto a chi ha gia’ una conoscenza di Ecmascript. La copertina mi si e’ subito staccata... ma un libro non si compra per la copertina
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Dominik Kägi
5.0 out of 5 stars great book
Reviewed in Germany on December 1, 2017
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It has great detail in the explanations and makes you understand the reasoning behind the changes way better than somewhat superficial information you find online. It is difficult to find similiar detailed information online about the us of ES6.
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