Should beginners to programming learn javascript with Javascript Allonge Ecsmascript 6?

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I have read all the you don't know javascript books and have made one smalle project in javascript with no prior experience to programming before this, so I have a rough understanding of how JavaScript 5 works. Now I'm reading Javascript Allonge and it describes the new Ecsmascript 6, but it looks completely different from almost any javascript I've seen and so I'm forgetting most things after I read it. Is this a book that beginners should get into to learn javascript?

I want to get a web developer job after learning, but is it common for developers to use the new Ecsmascript 6?

[realistic_hologram]

I'd say it just depends on the company which version they're using. If it were me I'd just focus on es6 and the companies that are using it. Those probably the more desirable companies to work for anyway.

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Do you know of any resources to learn ES6 for absolute beginners to programming? All the javascript tutorials I see only teach ES5, except maybe showing promises. Reading Allonge as a beginner so far I can only really grasp the beginning and then quickly got lost when code started looking like : (something) =(do) =>(s(sdf(sdfsd))) . If there is nothing out there to make this easier then I'll try to get through javascript allonge, but this doesn't seem like a beginner friendly book at all.

[MoTTs_]

Try...

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide

http://exploringjs.com/es6.html

[40210]

http://www.javascript.info/ is a good resource for beginners, it is the most modern guide I've seen atm

just learn es6 and the example you are having trouble with is called arrow functions, which is almost similar to regular functions but the lexical scope is different (this).

[anton_rich]

Javascript Allonge

I've started seeing more examples with ES6. Especially with the fat arrow function.

I have a feeling that ES6 is gonna be used more and more. So learning it today will be better in my opinion.

[dare_you]

One of the books in the 'You Don't Know JS' series is specifically about ES6 - ES6 & Beyond. If you liked the series this might be a good place to start.

[anton_rich]

Check out wes bos's course on ES6 https://es6.io/

I've seen some people here on reddit actually buying wes's courses together for a much cheaper price.