Merge pull request #3635 from chriszimmerman/en-javascript-es6

[en/js] - Adds documentation for some basic ES6 features.

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@@ -586,6 +586,48 @@ if (Object.create === undefined){ // don't overwrite it if it exists
         return new Constructor();
     };
 }
+
+// ES6 Additions
+
+// The "let" keyword allows you to define variables in a lexical scope, 
+// as opposed to a block scope like the var keyword does.
+let name = "Billy";
+
+// Variables defined with let can be reassigned new values.
+name = "William";
+
+// The "const" keyword allows you to define a variable in a lexical scope
+// like with let, but you cannot reassign the value once one has been assigned.
+
+const pi = 3.14;
+
+pi = 4.13; // You cannot do this.
+
+// There is a new syntax for functions in ES6 known as "lambda syntax".
+// This allows functions to be defined in a lexical scope like with variables
+// defined by const and let. 
+
+const isEven = (number) => {
+    return number % 2 === 0;
+};
+
+isEven(7); // false
+
+// The "equivalent" of this function in the traditional syntax would look like this:
+
+function isEven(number) {
+    return number % 2 === 0;
+};
+
+// I put the word "equivalent" in double quotes because a function defined
+// using the lambda syntax cannnot be called before the definition.
+// The following is an example of invalid usage:
+
+add(1, 8);
+
+const add = (firstNumber, secondNumber) => {
+    return firstNumber + secondNumber;
+};
 ```
 
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