April TC39 meeting; Rspack v0.6; future of JS packages; Evan You on Vue, Vite, etc.

• Stage 1: Error.isError(), JavaScript Signals, Strict enforcement of using
• Stage 2.7: Math.sumPrecise(), Promise.try()
• Stage 3: Make eval-introduced global vars redeclarable, Dynamic code brand checks
• Stage 4: Set methods, Duplicate named capturing groups

• Built-in support for mini-css-extract-plugin
• Enable new tree shaking by default

• Remove experiments.rspackFuture.disableApplyEntryLazily
• Remove compiler.build and compiler.rebuild
• Remove builtins.css and introduce CSS-related module.parser and module.generator options

[Quoting the blog post:]

[This blog post is] about how I and the rest of the JSR team, over the course of several months, built JSR so meet the technical requirements of a modern, performant, highly available JavaScript registry. This post covers nearly every part of JSR:

• Overview of technical specs
• Minimizing latency for the jsr.io website
• Building a modern publishing flow (aka say no to probing!)
• Serving modules at 100% reliability
• [Functionality not covered in this blog post]

I will try to explain not just how we do something, but also why we do things in the way we do.

“Darcy Clarke shares his thoughts on package distribution, open-source sustainability, and vlt.sh, a new package manager which he has been building with npm Creator Isaac Schlueter and Node TSC member Ruy Adorno.”

“[...] we sit down with Evan You, the visionary behind Vue.js, to unravel the origins and journey of one of the most beloved frameworks in the web development world.”

“We also dive into the creation of Vite, a game-changing tool that has become a cornerstone for modern web frameworks, revolutionizing the way developers build and optimize their projects.”

“Beyond the technical milestones, Evan opens up about the personal challenges and triumphs he’s encountered along the way.”