Why does JSHint throw a warning if I am using const?

Question

This is the error I get when using const:

Answer 1

You can add a file named .jshintrc in your app's root with the following content to apply this setting for the whole solution:

{
    "esversion": 6
}

James' answer suggests that you can add a comment /*jshint esversion: 6 */ for each file, but it is more work than necessary if you need to control many files.