How can i write ECMAScript 6 in Visual Studio Code?

Question

How can i write ECMAScript code in Visual Studio Code ?? I tried writing jsconfig.json but am not sure about how to run that file. I even tried changing the tasks.json but even that is not helping.

Thanks In Advance,

Amala

Answer 1

Update April 2016:

As of the latest version of visual studio code (1.0 at time of writing)there should be no need for jsconfig.json to enable ES6 now.

Previous Answer:

1. Create a new folder in your file system
2. Open the folder in VS Code:
   
3. When the folder is opened, click on the New File icon:
4. Call the file jsconfig.json and paste the following config:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES6"
    }
}

Now when you create a JS file, you'll get IntelliSense and ES6 code validation:

You can find out more about ES6 support from the VSCode Blog