Node.js 16; alternative to Babel; non-JS-based JS tooling; TC39 meeting; Guy Bedford interview

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Node.js 16 available now
nodejs.medium.com @BethGriggs_, @nodejs

New features:

V8 version 9.0:
- Highlight: RegExp match indices

Promisified timers:

import {setTimeout} from 'timers/promises';
async function run() {
  await setTimeout(5000);
}

Binaries for Apple Silicon
And more

Sucrase: fast alternative to Babel (written in TypeScript)
github.com @alangpierce

The repository mentions a benchmark where Sucrase is 1.84 times faster than esbuild and 16.6 times faster than Babel.

JavaScript tooling not written in JavaScript
github.com @RobinCsl

Updates from 82nd meeting of TC39 (19–22 April 2021)
dev.to/hemanth @GNUmanth

TC39 Podcast: Guy Bedford (jspm, SystemJS, …) [19-min. audio]
tc39er.us @guybedford, @GNUmanth

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Node.js 16; alternative to Babel; non-JS-based JS tooling; TC39 meeting; Guy Bedford interview

The latest in JavaScript and cross-platform tools

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WebAssembly vs. JS; private brand checks; classes are more than syntactic sugar

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Class static initializer blocks; arrays in V8; Math.random() in V8

V8 v9.0; error cause; immaturity of JS tools

ECMAScript 2021; esbuild 0.9.0; TC39 meeting; this; side-channel attacks; data programming

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