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# **Understanding ECMASCript 6**

"Understanding ECMAScript 6" by Nicholas C. Zakas is a comprehensive guide for JavaScript developers, detailing the new features and functionalities introduced in the ECMAScript 2015 specification (ES6). It covers a wide array of topics including block bindings, enhanced string and object methods, destructuring, symbols, collections like Sets and Maps, iterators, generators, classes, asynchronous programming with Promises, Proxies, and modules, providing a practical resource for modern JavaScript development.

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## Chapters

1. [The Road To Ecmascript 6](/library/understandingecmascript6/01-the-road-to-ecmascript-6/) (Free teaser)
1. [Block Level Declarations](/library/understandingecmascript6/02-block-level-declarations/) ($0.25)
1. [Block Bindings In Loops](/library/understandingecmascript6/03-block-bindings-in-loops/) ($0.25)
1. [Global Block Bindings](/library/understandingecmascript6/04-global-block-bindings/) ($0.25)
1. [Utf 16 Code Points](/library/understandingecmascript6/05-utf-16-code-points/) ($0.25)
1. [The Normalize Method](/library/understandingecmascript6/06-the-normalize-method/) ($0.25)
1. [The Regular Expression U Flag](/library/understandingecmascript6/07-the-regular-expression-u-flag/) ($0.25)
1. [Methods For Identifying Substrings](/library/understandingecmascript6/08-methods-for-identifying-substrings/) ($0.25)
1. [The Regular Expression Y Flag](/library/understandingecmascript6/09-the-regular-expression-y-flag/) ($0.25)
1. [The Flags Property](/library/understandingecmascript6/10-the-flags-property/) ($0.25)
1. [Multiline Strings](/library/understandingecmascript6/11-multiline-strings/) ($0.25)
1. [Tagged Templates](/library/understandingecmascript6/12-tagged-templates/) ($0.25)
1. [How Default Parameter Values Affect The Arguments Object](/library/understandingecmascript6/13-how-default-parameter-values-affect-the-arguments-object/) ($0.25)
1. [Default Parameter Expressions](/library/understandingecmascript6/14-default-parameter-expressions/) ($0.25)
1. [Default Parameter Tdz](/library/understandingecmascript6/15-default-parameter-tdz/) ($0.25)
1. [Rest Parameters](/library/understandingecmascript6/16-rest-parameters/) ($0.25)
1. [Special Cases Of The Name Property](/library/understandingecmascript6/17-special-cases-of-the-name-property/) ($0.25)
1. [The Newtarget Metaproperty](/library/understandingecmascript6/18-the-newtarget-metaproperty/) ($0.25)
1. [Arrow Functions](/library/understandingecmascript6/19-arrow-functions/) ($0.25)
1. [Tail Call Optimization](/library/understandingecmascript6/20-tail-call-optimization/) ($0.25)
1. [Summary](/library/understandingecmascript6/21-summary/) ($0.25)
1. [Object Literal Syntax Extensions](/library/understandingecmascript6/22-object-literal-syntax-extensions/) ($0.25)
1. [New Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/23-new-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Enhancements For Prototypes](/library/understandingecmascript6/24-enhancements-for-prototypes/) ($0.25)
1. [Summary 2](/library/understandingecmascript6/25-summary-2/) ($0.25)
1. [Object Destructuring](/library/understandingecmascript6/26-object-destructuring/) ($0.25)
1. [Array Destructuring](/library/understandingecmascript6/27-array-destructuring/) ($0.25)
1. [Destructured Parameters](/library/understandingecmascript6/28-destructured-parameters/) ($0.25)
1. [Creating Symbols](/library/understandingecmascript6/29-creating-symbols/) ($0.25)
1. [Sharing Symbols](/library/understandingecmascript6/30-sharing-symbols/) ($0.25)
1. [Symbol Coercion](/library/understandingecmascript6/31-symbol-coercion/) ($0.25)
1. [Exposing Internal Operations With Well Known Symbols](/library/understandingecmascript6/32-exposing-internal-operations-with-well-known-symbols/) ($0.25)
1. [Summary 3](/library/understandingecmascript6/33-summary-3/) ($0.25)
1. [Sets And Maps In Ecmascript 5](/library/understandingecmascript6/34-sets-and-maps-in-ecmascript-5/) ($0.25)
1. [Sets In Ecmascript 6](/library/understandingecmascript6/35-sets-in-ecmascript-6/) ($0.25)
1. [Maps In Ecmascript 6](/library/understandingecmascript6/36-maps-in-ecmascript-6/) ($0.25)
1. [Summary 4](/library/understandingecmascript6/37-summary-4/) ($0.25)
1. [What Are Generators](/library/understandingecmascript6/38-what-are-generators/) ($0.25)
1. [Iterables And For Of Loops](/library/understandingecmascript6/39-iterables-and-for-of-loops/) ($0.25)
1. [Built In Iterators](/library/understandingecmascript6/40-built-in-iterators/) ($0.25)
1. [Advanced Iterator Functionality](/library/understandingecmascript6/41-advanced-iterator-functionality/) ($0.25)
1. [Asynchronous Task Running](/library/understandingecmascript6/42-asynchronous-task-running/) ($0.25)
1. [Summary 5](/library/understandingecmascript6/43-summary-5/) ($0.25)
1. [Class Declarations](/library/understandingecmascript6/44-class-declarations/) ($0.25)
1. [Class Expressions](/library/understandingecmascript6/45-class-expressions/) ($0.25)
1. [Accessor Properties](/library/understandingecmascript6/46-accessor-properties/) ($0.25)
1. [Inheritance With Derived Classes](/library/understandingecmascript6/47-inheritance-with-derived-classes/) ($0.25)
1. [The Find And Findindex Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/48-the-find-and-findindex-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Manipulating Array Buffers With Views](/library/understandingecmascript6/49-manipulating-array-buffers-with-views/) ($0.25)
1. [The Callback Pattern](/library/understandingecmascript6/50-the-callback-pattern/) ($0.25)
1. [The Promise Life Cycle](/library/understandingecmascript6/51-the-promise-life-cycle/) ($0.25)
1. [Creating Unsettled Promises](/library/understandingecmascript6/52-creating-unsettled-promises/) ($0.25)
1. [Nodejs Rejection Handling](/library/understandingecmascript6/53-nodejs-rejection-handling/) ($0.25)
1. [Browser Rejection Handling](/library/understandingecmascript6/54-browser-rejection-handling/) ($0.25)
1. [Returning Promises In Promise Chains](/library/understandingecmascript6/55-returning-promises-in-promise-chains/) ($0.25)
1. [The Promiserace Method](/library/understandingecmascript6/56-the-promiserace-method/) ($0.25)
1. [Future Asynchronous Task Running](/library/understandingecmascript6/57-future-asynchronous-task-running/) ($0.25)
1. [Introducing Proxies And Reflection](/library/understandingecmascript6/58-introducing-proxies-and-reflection/) ($0.25)
1. [Creating A Simple Proxy](/library/understandingecmascript6/59-creating-a-simple-proxy/) ($0.25)
1. [Object Shape Validation Using The Get Trap](/library/understandingecmascript6/60-object-shape-validation-using-the-get-trap/) ($0.25)
1. [How Prototype Proxy Traps Work](/library/understandingecmascript6/61-how-prototype-proxy-traps-work/) ($0.25)
1. [Why Two Sets Of Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/62-why-two-sets-of-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Duplicate Extensibility Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/63-duplicate-extensibility-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Descriptor Object Restrictions](/library/understandingecmascript6/64-descriptor-object-restrictions/) ($0.25)
1. [Getownpropertydescriptor Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/65-getownpropertydescriptor-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Calling Constructors Without New](/library/understandingecmascript6/66-calling-constructors-without-new/) ($0.25)
1. [Callable Class Constructors](/library/understandingecmascript6/67-callable-class-constructors/) ($0.25)
1. [Deleting Elements When Reducing Length](/library/understandingecmascript6/68-deleting-elements-when-reducing-length/) ($0.25)
1. [Implementing The Myarray Class](/library/understandingecmascript6/69-implementing-the-myarray-class/) ($0.25)
1. [Using The Set Trap On A Prototype](/library/understandingecmascript6/70-using-the-set-trap-on-a-prototype/) ($0.25)
1. [Proxies As Prototypes On Classes](/library/understandingecmascript6/71-proxies-as-prototypes-on-classes/) ($0.25)
1. [A Subtle Quirk Of Imported Bindings](/library/understandingecmascript6/72-a-subtle-quirk-of-imported-bindings/) ($0.25)
1. [Importing Default Values](/library/understandingecmascript6/73-importing-default-values/) ($0.25)
1. [Using Modules With](/library/understandingecmascript6/74-using-modules-with/) ($0.25)
1. [Working With Integers](/library/understandingecmascript6/75-working-with-integers/) ($0.25)
1. [New Math Methods](/library/understandingecmascript6/76-new-math-methods/) ($0.25)
1. [Formalizing The Proto Property](/library/understandingecmascript6/77-formalizing-the-proto-property/) ($0.25)
1. [The Exponentiation Operator](/library/understandingecmascript6/78-the-exponentiation-operator/) ($0.25)
1. [The Arrayprototypeincludes Method](/library/understandingecmascript6/79-the-arrayprototypeincludes-method/) ($0.25)
1. [A Change To Function Scoped Strict Mode](/library/understandingecmascript6/80-a-change-to-function-scoped-strict-mode/) ($0.25)