702: New + Proposed JS APIs for 2024
Dec 06, 2023•56 min
Episode description
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through new and proposed JavaScript APIs including ones related to regex, sourcemaps, structured clone, temporal, JSON modules, and more!
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome
01:26 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
02:55 RegExp Escaping Proposal
tc39/proposal-regex-escaping: Proposal for investigating RegExp escaping for the ECMAScript standard
05:25 Intl.DurationFormat
tc39/proposal-intl-duration-format
07:55 Standardized Sourcemaps
tc39/source-map-rfc: RFCs for the source map debug format.
10:43 Structured Clone
structuredClone() global function - Web APIs | MDN
12:54 Temporal
Hasty Treat - Temporal Date Objects in JavaScript
Tracking issue for syncing with IETF standardization work (req’d before implementers can ship unflagged) · Issue #1450 · tc39/proposal-temporal
20:59 FindLast and findLastIndex
tc39/proposal-array-find-from-last: Proposal for Array.prototype.findLast and Array.prototype.findLastIndex.
22:27 JSON modules
tc39/proposal-json-modules: Proposal to import JSON files as modules
24:46 Regex Modifiers
RegExp Modifiers - June 2022.pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint Online
26:50 Array Grouping
tc39/proposal-array-grouping: A proposal to make grouping of array items easier
30:48 Array Methods
tc39/proposal-change-array-by-copy: Provides additional methods on Array.prototype and TypedArray.prototype to enable changes on the array by returning a new copy of it with the change.
6 or so New Approved and Proposed JavaScript APIs
32:12 Promise.withResolvers
35:08 Function.prototype.memo
tc39/proposal-function-memo: A TC39 proposal for function memoization in the JavaScript language.
37:48 Node has a Proposed ESM Detection flag
39:54 Node has navigator.userAgent
41:29 Built in .env support
42:52 Permissions model & test runner continues to be worked on
44:06 HTML Web charts
Proposal: Web Charts · Issue #9295 · whatwg/html
45:39 autopause
Add autopause attribute to media elements to allow automatic pausing of media · Issue #9793 · whatwg/html
46:30 Meta Tag for AI generated content
Proposal: Meta Tag for AI Generated Content · Issue #9479 · whatwg/html
Schema.org - Schema.org
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Syntax - A Tasty Treats Podcast for Web Developers.
50:13 Poster frame
HTML Video Element: Proposal for adding [srcset] + [posterset] + [sizes] on video element as well [posterset] on source elements · Issue #9812 · whatwg/html
50:57 Popover invoker
Popover does not know what triggered it · Issue #9111 · whatwg/html
51:25 Autocomplete on ‘contenteditable’ Elements
Autocomplete on ‘contenteditable’ Elements · Issue #9065 · whatwg/html
52:17 Sick Picks
Sick Picks Scott: Escaping Twin Flames cult documentary
Wes: Lao Gan Ma spicy Chili Oil
Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry
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