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ECMAScript 6: A Better JavaScript for the Ambient Web Era

Allen Wirfs-Brock at Code 2014
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We’ve entered the Ambient Computing Era and JavaScript is its dominant programming language, But a new computing era needs a new and better JavaScript. It’s called ECMAScript 6 and it’s about to become the new JavaScript standard. Why do we need it? Why did it take so long? What’s in it? When can you use it? Answers will be given.

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