Chapter 1
Introducing ECMAScript 6

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Define the different scopes in JavaScript and characterize variable declaration
• Simplify JavaScript object definitions
• Destructure objects and arrays, and build classes and modules
• Transpile JavaScript for compatibility
• Compose iterators and generators

In this chapter, you'll be learning how to use the new syntax and concepts of ECMAScript.