safely build, publish & maintain es2015, es2016 packages today
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MODERN OPEN SOURCE NODE.JS PACKAGESSafely Build, Publish & MaintainES2015, ES2016 Packages Today
HAI!ENTREPRENEUR, HACKER, DEVELOPER
OPEN SOURCE ADVOCATE & DOG LOVER
@AhmadNassri AhmadNassri.com
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JS HISTORYSTANDARDIZATION TIMELINE
TC39 & ECMA-262COMMITTEE & STANDARD
EC1JUNE 1997
EC2JUNE 1998
EC3DECEMBER 1999
EC4ABANDONED!
:(
EC HARMONYAUGUST 2008
EC5DECEMBER 2009
ES6 ES2015JUNE 2015!!!
ES2016JUNE 2016 :)
ES2017WIP
NEW PROCESSYOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TOO!
STAGE 0 (STRAWMAN)ALLOW INPUT INTO THE SPECIFICATIONtc39.github.io/process-document
STAGE 1 (PROPOSAL)MAKE THE CASE, DESCRIBE A SOLUTION, IDENTIFY CHALLENGES
tc39.github.io/process-document
STAGE 2 (DRAFT)PRECISELY DESCRIBE SYNTAX & SEMANTICS USING FORMAL SPEC LANGUAGE
tc39.github.io/process-document
STAGE 3 (CANDIDATE)FURTHER REFINEMENT WILL REQUIRE FEEDBACK FROM IMPLEMENTATIONS AND USERS
tc39.github.io/process-document
STAGE 4 (FINISHED)READY FOR INCLUSION IN THE FORMAL ECMASCRIPT STANDARD
tc39.github.io/process-document
I CAN HAZES2016?
NOT YET!
SPEC COMPATIBILITYhttps://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
LONG-TERM SUPPORT!https://github.com/nodejs/LTS
NO MOREWAITING!
TRANSPILER(S) TO THE RESCUE
MOAR TRANSPILERS!https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js
ICYMI ...https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js
SUPERSETS ARETHE NEW
FRAMEWORKS!
BACKWARDCOMPATIBLE?
MODERNWORKFLOW!
TOOLS
SIMPLE WORKFLOW
PACKAGE.JSON
PACKAGE.JSON
PACKAGE.JSON
.TRAVIS.YML
EASY!RIGHT?
GOTCHAS
FINAL SPECCHANGED
ES7 !== ES2016
COMPILED APIDIFFERS
FROM SOURCE(compiled == source && compiled !== source) === true
PERFORMANCE LOSS+
NO OPTIMIZATION
SUGARvs
CORE
ABANDONWARETool Decay + Fragile Ecosystems
TOOLING HEAVYSetup, Config, Environments, Virtualization, Resources
IT GETS BETTER
IT *IS* BETTER
IT WILL BE EVENBETTER
CONTRIBUTE AND MAKEIT BETTER!
github.com/tc39
github.com/ahmadnassri/npm-package-generator
THANK YOU!@AhmadNassri
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