Welcome back to the ES6 series, this week on block scoping and a new way of declaring variables. Let is the new var is the motto for today. If you are proficient with scoping and hoisting in JavaScript you know why you want to use let. If you are unsure or just want to repeat what hoisting is, then first head to Hoisting in a nutshell.
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Hiya! And welcome to this weekly series about the upcoming new ES6 features! ES6 is coming to your local browser and thats awesome news! Hopefully you agree, otherwise let me convince you in the next few weeks. ES6 contains lots of features which will change the way you will write JavaScript in the future. In the next weeks we will pick one feature after another and have a deeper look inside, comparing it to ES5 and having some examples how to use them.
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