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diff --git a/javascript.html.markdown b/javascript.html.markdown index c466c09b..ce9772ca 100644 --- a/javascript.html.markdown +++ b/javascript.html.markdown @@ -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; +}; ``` ## Further Reading |