ECMAScript 6 reached feature complete status in 2015 was formally dubbed “ECMAScript 2015” (though this text still refers to it as ECMAScript 6, the name most familiar to developers). The features vary widely from completely new objects and patterns to syntax changes to new methods on existing objects. The exciting thing about ECMAScript 6 is that all of these changes are geared towards problems that developers are actually facing. And while it will still take time for adoption and implementation to reach the point where ECMAScript 6 is the minimum that developers can expect, there’s a lot to be gained from a good understanding of what the future of JavaScript looks like.
