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24 alternatives to Front End Happy Hour – ES6 and a Six Pack

Discussion around new features of ES6/ES2015

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Front End Happy Hour – ES6 and a Six Pack launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Front End Happy Hour – The State of Web Development▲60

   Thoughts on front end tools

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Front End Happy Hour – From head to footer▲67

   Keep current in the ever-changing world of web development

   2016 · frontendhappyhour.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Toolsday - Solved by ES6▲54

   Our top five ES6/7/2015/2016 upgrades!

   2016 · marcoroth.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Frontends▲93

   A community for front-end developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   ES6 For Everyone!▲16

   The Best Way To Learn Modern JavaScript

   2016 · es6.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Exploring ES6▲55

   Upgrade to the next version of JavaScript

   2015 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   FrontendSource▲124

   Curated dev & designer resources updated weekly

   2020 · frontendsource.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   To Be Continuous - 19: Have We Forgotten How To Code?▲61

   Paul and Edith discuss the fallout from left-pad

   2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Brunch▲87

   Ultra-fast HTML5 build tool

   2014 · brunch.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Swift Devs▲101

    A community for developers and students of Swift

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Talks by UI Patterns▲164

    A library of talks by UX experts

    2015 · talks.ui-patterns.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Understanding ES6▲71

    Get started with the new Javascript

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Custom Elements▲119

    A web components gallery for modern web apps

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14JE
    JavaScript, ES6, ES7, ES10 Where Are We?▲33

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Code Mill▲85

    A marketplace for pull requests

    2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MageTalk - the Magento Community Podcast▲63

    MageTalk - the Magento Community Podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Layout - No One's Trying to Make a Shitty Website▲67

    How to work and collaborate with developers

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66

    HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online

    2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →

19. 19
    ES6Console.com▲9

    Try ES6 Javascript code in browser and transform into ES5

    2017 · es6console.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Trigger Happy▲89

    An open-source clone of IFTTT

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Frontend Happy Hour▲4

    Frontend podcast

    2017 · frontendhappyhour.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Impromptu: Knocking It Out of The Park▲60

    CSS Less, Swift, App Slicing, Node JS, Apple Car, new iPads

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24MW
    My weekend project, Frontends – a Hacker News for Front-end developers▲56

    2014 · frontends.org · its alternatives →

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