What are the major features of ES2017 and what's on the list for ES2018?
Let's check in with ECMA International, Technical Committee 39! It turns out the 6 in ES6 does not stand for the number of years it takes for a release. I kid! Since ES6/ES2015 took so long to release (6 years, hence my jab) the committee decided to move to a yearly small-batch release instead. I'm a big fan of this and I think the momentum keeps things moving and JavaScript improving. What presents did we get for ES2017 and what's on our list for ES2018?
You can learn more about the TC39 process of proposals from 2ality by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer: The TC39 Process for ECMAScript Features.
ES2017
In January, at the TC39 meeting, the group settled on the ECMAScript proposals that would be slated as the features of ES2017 (also referred to ES8, which probably should be nixed to avoid confusion). This list included:
Major features
Minor features