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In this course, you'll explore the latest features and improvements to the JavaScript programming language including new keywords, arrow functions, the Class syntax, Promises, and so much more.

In this course, you'll explore the latest features and improvements to the JavaScript programming language including new keywords, arrow functions, the Class syntax, Promises, and so much more.

Last Updated March 7, 2022

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Syntax

With this major update to the JavaScript language, a number of syntax improvements have been added. In this lesson, you'll learn to improve your JavaScript code with these syntax updates.

Lesson 2

Functions

Functions are at the heart of JavaScript! With ES6, functions are getting some much-needed improvements. In this lesson, you'll learn a number of new things including arrow functions and classes.

Lesson 3

Built-ins

The JavaScript environment provides you with a number of features by default. In this lesson, we'll take a look at Sets, Maps, Proxies, Generators, how iteration works, and more!

Lesson 4

Professional Developer-fu

With this massive improvement, not all browsers are able to support this new version of JavaScript. In this lesson, you'll learn about using polyfills and transpiling your ES6 JavaScript code to ES5.

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Richard Kalehoff

Instructor

Richard is a Course Developer with a passion for teaching. He has a degree in computer science, and first worked for a nonprofit doing everything from front end web development, to backend programming, to database and server management.

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James Parkes

Instructor

James received his degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, then went on to become a Udacity instructor in several programs. His personal mission is clear: to open the doors of opportunity for others by empowering them with excellent educational experiences.

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