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171 JSJ Babel with Sebastian McKenzie

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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)
Armada: The Novel by Ernest Cline (Joe)
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (AJ)
Web Security Warriors Podcast (AJ)
Nodevember (Aimee)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Dave)
Yellowstone National Park (Dave)
React Rally (Dave)
Iterativ: AngularJS Kurs (Chuck)
Hire Thom Parkin! (Chuck)
The Martian by Andy Weir (Sebastian)
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Sebastian)Special Guest: Sebastian McKenzie .

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