What does arrow function ‘() => {}’ mean in Javascript? [duplicate]

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This is the new arrow syntax of ES6. It differs by the treatment of this: function gets a this according to the calling context (traditional semantics), but the arrow functions keep the this of the context of definition.

see http://tc39wiki.calculist.org/es6/arrow-functions/

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