Want ES.next Now? Traceur Your Way Back to ES5 and Feel the Harmony - Philly ETE 2015

Explore the future of JavaScript with this comprehensive conference talk on ECMAScript 6 (ES6) and its powerful new features. Learn how to leverage cross-compilers like Traceur and 6to5 to write ES6 code today while maintaining browser compatibility. Dive into practical examples of classes, arrow notation, template strings, block scoping, iterators, and generators. Discover how to integrate ES6 features into your development workflow using Karma for testing, Gulp for task running, and NodeJS. Gain insights on which parts of the ES6 spec to adopt now and how to structure your code for future compatibility. Get hands-on experience with type checking extensions, browser testing, and transpiling ES6 to ES5. By the end of this talk, you'll be equipped to start using ES6 features in your projects immediately, preparing yourself for the next evolution of JavaScript development.

Intro
Agenda
Short Answer
Full Class Support
Local Variables Constants
Arrow Functions
Default Parameters
Structuring
Sets and Maps
Promises
Generators
Browser Compatibility
Browser Test
Transpile
Babel in a Command Line
Browserify
Traceur
Annotations
Writing Tests