Learn to Code: Toptal’s Quick And Practical JavaScript Cheat Sheet: ES6 And Beyond

Constants

> const EULER = 2.7182818284
> EULER = 13
> EULER
> 2.7182818284

let vs var

> var average = 5
> var average = (average + 1) / 2
> average
> 3
> let value = ‘hello world’
> let value = ‘what is new’
// -> throws TypeError: Identifier 'value' has already been declared

Warning! If array or object, the reference is kept constant. If the constant is a reference to an object, you can still modify the content, but never change the variable.

> const CONSTANTS = []
> CONSTANTS.push(EULER)
> CONSTANTS
> [ 2.7182818284 ]
> CONSTANTS = { ‘euler’: 2.7182818284 }
> CONSTANTS
> [ 2.7182818284 ]

Be aware of Temporal Dead Zones:

> console.log(val) // -> 'undefined'
> var val = 3
> console.log(val) // -> 3

Because it’s equivalent to:

> var val
> console.log(val)
> val = 3
> console.log(val)

Variables declared with “let/const” do not get hoisted:

> console.log(val)
// -> Throws ReferenceError
> let val = 3
> console.log(val)// -> 3

Binary, Octal and Hex Notation

> 0b1001011101 // 605
> 0o6745 // 3557
> 0x2f50a // 193802

New Types

Symbols, Maps, WeakMaps and Sets

Arrow Function

> setTimeout(() => {
…  console.log(‘delayed’)
… }, 1000)

New Scoped Functions

> {
… let cue = 'Luke, I am your father'
… console.log(cue)
… }
> 'Luke, I am your father'

Equivalent with Anonymous Function

> setTimeout(function () {
…   console.log(‘delayed’)
… }.bind(this), 1000)

Equivalent with Immediately Invoked Function Expressions (IIFE)

> (function () {
… var cue = 'Luke, I am your father'… console.log(cue) // 'Luke, I am –
… }())
> console.log(cue)// Reference Error

Object Notation Novelties

// Computed properties
> let key = new Date().getTime()
> let obj = {  [key]: “value” }
> obj
> { '1459958882881': 'value' }


// Object literals
balloon = { color, size };

// Same as
balloon = {
  color: color,
  size: size
}
// Better method notations
obj = {
foo (a, b) { … },
bar (x, y) { … }
}

String Interpolation, Thanks to Template Literals

> const name = 'Tiger'
> const age = 13
>console.log(`My cat is named ${name} and is ${age} years old.`)
> My cat is named Tiger and is 13 years old.

// We can preserve newlines…
let text = ( `cat
dog
nickelodeon`
)

Default Params

> function howAreYou (answer = ‘ok’) {      
 console.log(answer) // probably ‘ok’
}

Promises

new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  request.get(url, (error, response,  
  body) => {
    if (body) {
        resolve(JSON.parse(body));
      } else {
        resolve({});
      }
  })
}).then(() => { ... })
.catch((err) => throw err)
// Parallelize tasks
Promise.all([
   promise1, promise2, promise3
]).then(() => {
   // all tasks are finished
})

Classes, Inheritance, Setters, Getters

class Rectangle extends Shape {
  constructor (id, x, y, w, h) {
    super(id, x, y)
    this.width = w
    this.height = h
  }
  // Getter and setter
  set width (w) { this._width = w }
  get width () { return this._width }
}
class Circle extends Shape {
  constructor (id, x, y, radius) {
    super(id, x, y)
    this.radius = radius
  }
  do_a(x) {
    let a = 12;
    super.do_a(x + a);
  }
  static do_b() { ... }
}
Circle.do_b()

Destructuring Arrays

> let [a, b, c, d] = [1, 2, 3, 4];
> console.log(a);
> 1
> b
> 2

Destructuring Objects

> let luke = {  occupation: 'jedi',
 father: 'anakin' }
> let {occupation, father} = luke
> console.log(occupation, father)
> jedi anakin

Spread Operator

// Turn arrays into comma separated
// values and more
> function logger (...args) {
 console.log(‘%s arguments’,
    args.length)
 args.forEach(console.log)
 // arg[0], arg[1], arg[2]
}

…Go Destructuring Like a Boss

> const [ cat, dog, ...fish ] = [
‘schroedinger’,  ‘Laika’, ‘Nemo’, ‘Dori’]
> fish // -> [‘Nemo’, ‘Dori’]

Or Do a Better Push

> let arr = [1, 2, 3]
> [...arr, 4, 5, 6]
> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

…And Destructuring in the Future    ⚠ ES7

{a, b, ...rest} = {a:1, b:2, c:3, d:4}

Async   ⚠ ES7

async function schrodinger () {
return new Promise((resolve, reject)
  => {
   const result = Math.random > 0.5
   setTimeout(() => {
     return result ? resolve(‘alive’)
     : reject(‘dead’)
   })
  })
}

Await   ⚠ ES7

try {
console.log(await schrodinger())
// -> ‘alive’
} catch (err) {
console.log(err)
// -> ‘dead’
}

Export   ⚠ ES7

export function sumTwo (a, b) {
return a + b;
}
export const EULER = 2.7182818284
let stuff = { sumTwo, EULER }
export { stuff as default }

Importing   ⚠ ES7


import React from ‘react’
import { EULER } from ‘./myexports’
import * as stuff from ‘./myexports’
// equivalent to
import stuff from ‘./myexports’
// { sumTwo, EULER }


Generators

They return a objects that implement an iteration protocol. i.e. it has a next() method that returns { value: < some value>, done: <true or false> }.

function* incRand (max) { // Asterisk defines this as a generator
while (true) {
// Pause execution after the yield, resume
// when next(<something>) is called
// and assign <something> to x
let x = yield Math.floor(Math.random() * max + 1);
max += x;
}
}

var rng = incRand(2) // Returns a generator object
> rng.next() // { value: <between 1 and 2>, done: false }
> rng.next(3) // as above, but between 1 and 5
> rng.next() // NaN since 5 + undefined results in NaN
> rng.next(20) // No one expected NaN again?
> rng.throw(new Error('Unrecoverable generator state.'))
// Will be thrown from yield

This article was written by Jesus Dario Rivera, a Toptal Javascript developer.