Introduction to the ES6 workflow: Syntax, Webpack, React, and Angular 2

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Introduction to the ES6 workflow: Syntax, Webpack, React, and Angular 2

Type: Half-day workshop

Speaker: Rob Richardson

Technical level: Intermediate

Abstract: Curious about EcmaScript 6 / 2015? Want to use it today? JavaScript has come of age, and this latest version adds lots of syntactical sugar to make our code clearer. You can use these tools in ES5 browsers today by leveraging a code bundler and transpiler. We'll talk and code together through:

• ES6 language features such as =>, let, import, and class
• ES6 -> 5 transpilers like Babel
• Code bundlers like Webpack
• A tour through ES6 and JSX usage in React
• A tour through ES6 and TypeScript in Angular 2

You can use these open-source technologies in production today to quickly build very powerful web apps.

Prerequisites: You should be comfortable with JavaScript and you'll need Node v 4 or 5 installed to follow along.

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This is a half-day workshop going deep into ES6 and practical application and extensions in Angular 2 and React. https://github.com/selagroup/sdp-june2016-cfp/issues/34 is a breakout session that skimms along the top of ES6, and doesn't focus on any frameworks.