Episode 011 - Transpilers - slow down and drink

Published: July 28, 2016, 5:57 a.m.

Leveraging transpilers is extremely helpful in allowing us to extend the JavaScript language in ways JavaScript engines cannot. There are a lot of amazing transpilers available in the JavaScript community and we all love transpilers, but there are things developers should be aware of when we\u2019re using transpilers.\n\nItems mentioned in the episode:\nBabel, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Traceur, Sass, Less, Stylus, Chrome V8, Firefox SpiderMonkey, IE Chakra, TC39 Committee, React CLI, ClojureScript, Ohm, CodePen, Racket, Erlang\n\nPanelists:\nRyan Burgess - @burgessdryan\nAugustus Yuan - @augburto\nJem Young - @JemYoung\nDerrick Showers - @derrickshowers\nRyan Anklam - @bittersweetryan\nBrian Holt - @holtbt\nSarah Federman - @sarah_federman\n\nPicks:\nRyan Burgess - Stranger Things\nRyan Burgess - Jem Young - Transpilers: not so fast my friend - Empire JS\nAugustus Yuan - Github Go to Definition Chrome Extension\nAugustus Yuan - StackOverflow\u2019s Documentation Beta\nJem Young - Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness\nJem Young - Digital Ocean\nDerrick Showers - Babel Try It Out\nDerrick Showers - Google Inbox\nRyan Anklam - Google Keep\nRyan Anklam - Wafia - Heartburn Felix Cartel Remix\nBrian Holt - HyperTerm\nBrian Holt - Visual Studio Code\nSarah Federman - Elle - Women in Tech 2016\nSarah Federman - Less: The World\u2019s Most Misunderstood CSS Pre-processor*