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JavaScript

Posted by Hope Cruz
Hope Cruz
2,257 Points

Javascript object course is out of date. When while it be updated to use es6 classes?

I realized the javascript object oriented course is using old syntax. When will this course be updated to use es6 syntax?

2 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

Just because you can write ES6 now using a transpiler like Babel does not mean that ES5 is out of date. Babel just compiles ES6 code to ES5 so it can run in current browsers. Browser support for ES6 is definitely spotty at this point in time.

That being said, there is an upcoming course on the Treehouse JavaScript Content Roadmap titled ECMAScript 6, so there is something in the works to cover ES6 here.

akak
akak
29,446 Points
akak
akak
29,446 Points

I'm far from being an expert on JS but after researching a lot about ES6 some time ago I wouldn't say that it's using OLD syntax. It's using current syntax. ES6 is not a standard yet. Look here: https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/. A lot of reds, some even for the newest browsers. Right now if you want to use ES6 the best way is to use a compiler that changes it to ES5 for browser compatibility. Plus you need to know how to live without ES6 classes if you get your hands on a code written in ES5. Which I guess is the 90% of the code of the web if not more. I agree that a workshop about ES6 would be cool though :)