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171 JSJ Babel with Sebastian McKenzie

Aug 05, 201547 min
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Episode description

02:28 - Sebastian McKenzie Introduction02:53 - Babel (Pronunciation Clarification)05:56 - History09:14 - The State of Babel09:59 - Babel and the TC39 Process11:54 - Features That Can’t Be Transpiled
  • Weak Maps and Proxies    
13:45 - Readability and Performance Output18:12 - Plugin Architecture19:58 - ES6/2015 Feature Implementation
  • Blockscoping
  • Labels
  • Exceptions
  • Destructuring
25:49 - The Birth of Babel26:45 - Babel vs Traceur28:08 - Future Babel Features
  • Code Optimization
  • Minification
  • Linting
30:15 - The Status of ES2015 and ES201631:01 - Browser Support35:03 - Marketing 35:59 - TypeScript 37:24 - Babel Development and LaborPicks Primitive.io (Joe)
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