--- title: Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript... description: Learn about the essential features of ES6 in JavaScript, including arrow functions, template literals, array destructuring, object destructuring, the Set... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript Developer Should Know | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the essential features of ES6 in JavaScript, including arrow functions, template literals, array destructuring, object destructuring, the Set... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kv7pUUxLV.png og:image:alt: Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript Developer Should Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript Developer Should Know **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 304 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary Learn about the essential features of ES6 in JavaScript, including arrow functions, template literals, array destructuring, object destructuring, the Set method, the spread operator, and the rest operator. ## 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. **@mopano** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for all of the Informations that you give us ♥️ **@julie88** · 1 upvotes > Thank you for the article! That's some useful stuff to know 👍 **@rakib8680** · 0 upvotes > great **@fexious** · 0 upvotes > Is this not also including the temporal datetime changes? https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/ > > at least as far as I thought temporal would be natively included in js **@kozmicluis** · 0 upvotes > The ones I remember from ES6 that I cherish to this day are: > - Template strings > - Arrow functions to change the `this` context > - Class syntax sugar > - Let and const > - Destructuring and spread operator > - Native promises ## 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 · 1 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: [#functional-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/functional-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript Developer Should Know","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T07:07:22.649Z","dateModified":"2024-08-30T02:20:18.564Z","description":"Learn about the essential features of ES6 in JavaScript, including arrow functions, template literals, array destructuring, object destructuring, the Set...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/209eff28057db3dafca44dfc50f4799f?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/209eff28057db3dafca44dfc50f4799f?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":11,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":304},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":11}],"keywords":"functional-programming,javascript,webdev","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Essential ES6 JavaScript Features Every JavaScript Developer Should Know"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/essential-es6-javascript-features-every-javascript-developer-should-know-kv7puuxlv","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for all of the Informations that you give us ♥️","datePublished":"2024-05-06T14:30:41.043Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kv7pUUxLV#c-vz2vQ17Hl","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mopano","url":"https://daily.dev/mopano","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--K5_46O1Z--/f_auto/v1711484499/avatars/avatar_cJMvvp48CRgsntA2rj8xf"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thank you for the article! That’s some useful stuff to know 👍","datePublished":"2024-05-04T11:18:57.534Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kv7pUUxLV#c-cPsW9k4lB","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Julie","url":"https://daily.dev/julie88","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIjlbhFjQzY5e6WA4OjZXnZ-FG5D7l3fBe4mkyAoKBJdoRlkX2Y=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"great","datePublished":"2024-05-09T11:50:09.239Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kv7pUUxLV#c-PGfm6X7dX","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdullah Al Rakib","url":"https://daily.dev/rakib8680","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121743420?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Is this not also including the temporal datetime changes? https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/\nat least as far as I thought temporal would be natively included in js","datePublished":"2024-05-10T06:49:57.557Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kv7pUUxLV#c-dc5d7ybO1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Valentin","url":"https://daily.dev/fexious","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKPz_XH2gJuJmIGCgtFETpUJVmjzDaH4ZgL42IJXPP-jlQkoXxe=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"The ones I remember from ES6 that I cherish to this day are:\n\nTemplate strings\nArrow functions to change the this context\nClass syntax sugar\nLet and const\nDestructuring and spread operator\nNative promises","datePublished":"2024-08-02T03:24:52.360Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kv7pUUxLV#c-ptuESbFEk","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Luis Lopez","url":"https://daily.dev/kozmicluis","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6039444?v=4"}}]} ```