Ask HN: How do I inspire my coworkers to adopt new code standards like ES2015?
After so research I opted to vote for using Webpack and BabelJS. Our tech lead is concerned that our team isn't ready to use "advanced javascript" and it will cause issues.
My answer was that ES2015 encompasses a lot of additions to the language, and that we don't have to use all of them. Things like fat arrows would be a quick win. We don't have to start using Classes unless we all agree that it's a good idea. This didn't really seem to sink in though ufortunately.
We're going to have to maintain this site for 4-5 years, and in the near future we'll be required to read/write ES2015 style code if we want to develop apps in React, Angular, etc. because their documentation will be using the new syntax. Backporting things sucks, and will cause more problems than its worth.
These points didn't really seem to sway his opinion, so I'm hoping to get some outside feedback on how you've pitched this topic to your teams and won their approval.