What is paws-on-es6?

paws-on-es6 is a collection of short, focused JavaScript code examples that demonstrate what's new in ES6, the 2015 update to JavaScript. Each file covers a single feature with just enough code to show how it works. ES6 was a major update to JavaScript that added many new capabilities to the language. Instead of reading long tutorials, you can open any file in this repo and see a feature in action. For example, arrow.js shows the new shorthand for writing functions, destructuring.js shows how to pull values out of objects more easily, and template-literals.js demonstrates a cleaner way to build strings with embedded variables. The examples are self-contained and minimal by design. This is useful for developers who already know some JavaScript and want to get up to speed on modern syntax quickly. If you're maintaining an older codebase and starting to see arrow functions or const declarations in pull requests, these examples will help you understand what you're looking at. It's also handy if you just need a quick refresher on how maps, sets, or promises work without hunting through documentation. The project doesn't include explanations or commentary alongside the code, it's purely examples. If you need context on why a feature exists or when to use it, you'd need to look elsewhere. The repo also includes some features like object-observe that were later dropped or changed from the language, so a few examples reflect proposals that didn't make it into the final spec.