--- title: "5 ES6 features you need to know" url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-es6-features-you-need-to-know-kfhzb97ba source_url: https://tringacodes.com/5-es6-features-you-need-to-know type: article source: "Hashnode" published: 2020-10-08T21:09:28.278Z updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z tags: ["javascript"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 13 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 ES6 features you need to know **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 4 min read · 13 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary ES6 has a number of new features that are useful for frontend developers. In this post I will share simple explanation of the following features:let, const, spread, rest and destructuring. Let is a replacement of famous var to declare variables. const is used to declare a constant block-scope (similar to'let') ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@youssefrabeiii** · 2 upvotes > TL;DR > 1- let & const > > 2- Arrow functions > > 3- Classes > > 4- Spread & rest operators > > 5- Destructuring **@izzic** · 0 upvotes > Very Useful ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-es6-features-you-need-to-know-kfhzb97ba)