We look at what AST is currently used for and how it already serves at the backbone of many tools you’re familiar with.
The team covers a range of topics like static site generators, new TypeScript language features, and more!
We reminisce about a gentler time in which we would have a fun idea, create a new directory, and immediately start coding.
Our main topic this week revolves around the tradeoffs within the two of the biggest patterns in modern programming — classical and functional.
This week we’ll be talking about the ECMAScript #private field proposal and how its implementation affects TypeScript—which already has a type of private field that uses the private keyword.
Josh Thomas and Adam Bradley join us from Ionic to talk about the Ionic component library and Stencil, a toolchain for building reusable components.
The team shares their initial thoughts on the GitHub Package Registry and discusses their experiences writing full stack TypeScript using Nest, an opinionated TypeScript framework for the back end.
Paul and Neil talk to new SitePen team members, Sam Menza and Eric Osmundson, about their experiences joining a remote company and how TypeScript helps accelerate the onboarding process.
We take a look at the TC39 proposal process – the difference between a draft and a candidate and what it means for an addition to have a champion.
We talk with Web Audio API specification editor HongChan Choi and learn about the past of Web Audio and priorities for the future of the specification and community involvement.
