Learn JavaScript

A repository of various JavaScript examples with an emphasis on newer ES6/7 code.

• examples has code examples
• browser has a browser based sandbox environment that supports ES6/7 (via babel) and CommonJS/node imports (via WebPack)

Usage

• Checkout the repo
• Install Node v4.x (preferably via nvm)
• Run the examples (see readme.md in each directory for usage)

Topics

• Template strings
• Arrow functions
• Classes
• async/await
• Promises
• OOP
• Modules
• Testing

Other Resources

• WebPack - support CommonJS/node imports on the frontend and lots of other build processes (minifaction, image compression, LESS/Sass/etc support, etc)
• jsdoc - document JS code and build documentation files/sites
• ESLint - code linting with advanced functionality
• nvm - install multiple version of node (add an .nvmrc to specific which version for each project)
• babel - supports ES6/7 via transpiling code down to ES5
• React - performant, component-based UI view layer
  • reflux - data management for React (and other) apps with "actions" and "stores"
  • react-router - React-based router library
• Mocha - a flexible, extensible test framework
• Karma - a test running that supports Mocha and others (and multiple browsers)
• Sinon - a stub/mock/spy library
• Chai - an assertion library (assert, expect, should, etc)

Further reading

• ES6 classes syntax