147: Next Generation JavaScript Today with Babel
Henry Zhu (@left_pad), a maintainer for Babel, sits down to discuss the ins and outs of what's happening with the worlds most used JavaScript compiler. Henry takes us through what Babel does, how Babel works and describes some of its many features, some you may not have known existed. Henry also explains the TC39 staging process and how that applies to Babel and discusses the risks of using stage 0-1 features in production.
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