--- title: "This week's JavaScript news, issue 245" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 245 published_at: "2015-08-14" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/245" --- This week's JavaScript news, issue 245 Build a complete desktop app with JS, Facebook's unveils Relay, Ember.js 2.0, and more. — [Read this e-mail on the Web](http://javascriptweekly.com/issues/245) JavaScript WeeklyIssue 245 — August 14, 2015 Can you help us to improve JavaScript Weekly by [taking this quick survey](https://cooperpress.typeform.com/to/louXaL)? 3 random repondents (announced next week) will win a copy of Dr. Axel Rauschmayer's awesome [_Exploring ES6_ book](http://exploringjs.com/). 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Google [An Introduction To JavaScript ES6 Classes](https://strongloop.com/strongblog/an-introduction-to-javascript-es6-classes/) A primer to classes in ES6/JavaScript 2015 starting from how you’d mimic their abilities in ES5. StrongLoop [The ES6 Conundrum: ES6 and the Evolution of JavaScript](http://www.sitepoint.com/the-es6-conundrum/) “ES6 is in a weird place when it comes to web development as a whole. It is a standard, it is well supported, but it also breaks backwards compatibility.” Christian Heilmann Jobs - [Sr. Front End Developer at Sticker Mule](https://www.stickermule.com/jobs?utm_source=javascriptweekly&utm_medium=email)Sticker Mule is looking for passionate full stack engineers to join our awesome remote dev team. Come help us build the best e-commerce experience for our customers using React, Node, Ruby, Docker and more. 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