If you're used to using all the latest ES6+ hotness on the front end via Babel, working in Node.js can feel like a step back. Thankfully, it's easy to bring all the Babel goodness with you to the backend, and that's exactly what this lesson covers.
Install:
npm install --save-dev babel-cli babel-preset-es2015 nodemon
package.json:
nodemon --exec babel-node app.js
Then you can use ES6 feature like destructing...