diff --git a/aio/content/guide/glossary.md b/aio/content/guide/glossary.md index 292b0541f0..a079dcdc87 100644 --- a/aio/content/guide/glossary.md +++ b/aio/content/guide/glossary.md @@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ elements and their children. The [official JavaScript language specification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript). The latest approved version of JavaScript is -[ECMAScript 2016](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/7.0/) -(also known as "ES2016" or "ES7"). Many Angular developers write their applications -in ES7 or a dialect that strives to be +[ECMAScript 2017](http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/8.0/) +(also known as "ES2017" or "ES8"). Many Angular developers write their applications +in ES8 or a dialect that strives to be compatible with it, such as [TypeScript](guide/glossary#typescript). Most modern browsers only support the much older "ECMAScript 5" (also known as "ES5") standard. -Applications written in ES2016, ES2015, or one of their dialects must be [transpiled](guide/glossary#transpile) +Applications written in ES2017, ES2016, ES2015, or one of their dialects must be [transpiled](guide/glossary#transpile) to ES5 JavaScript. Angular developers can write in ES5 directly.