There is no harm in either. Overall, just have fun and learn JavaScript :)
ES5 is the current standard in all major browsers, so using its functionality could be considered "safe". Thankfully we have transpilers (will convert your ES6 code to ES5), so you can use ES6 features in production today - just remember they are converted to an ES5 implementation of said functionality.
ES5 is the current standard in all major browsers, so using its functionality could be considered "safe". Thankfully we have transpilers (will convert your ES6 code to ES5), so you can use ES6 features in production today - just remember they are converted to an ES5 implementation of said functionality.