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Both @_FundOSS and @gitcoin grants are initiatives that provide matching funds to many open source projects! Please check it out 😄. We're also participating ourselves at fundoss.org/collective/babel and gitcoin.co/grants/2906/babel…
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Announcement time! In 2019 we set a funding goal but we didn't reached it: we are now making some adjustments about how we pay our maintainers. We are still spending more than what we receive, but we hope that we'll manage it with your help! babeljs.io/blog/2021/05/10/f…
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New post! 🎉 I talk about how I build playground.narendras.vercel.…, going in depth into ASTs and @babeljs's plugin APIs. Check it out: nan.fyi/debugger
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We just released Babel 7.14.0! 🐠 Some of the key new features are: - 🥳Class fields and private methods enabled by default - ⏲️Async do expressions support - 📘TypeScript 4.3 - 🟢Better compatibility with Node.js ESM-CJS interop babeljs.io/blog/2021/04/29/7…
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The @babeljs team led the way in writing the first compiler implementation including @NicoloRibaudo @left_pad @svensauleau @JLHwung Justin Ridgewell @r_ricard @Tim_McClure
ECMAScript excitement 😉 Congrats to my colleague @Tim_McClure @TechAtBloomberg on landing a PR to @babeljs, adding TC39 Stage-3 Private Static Accessors. This completes the class feature matrix! 🔥 Thanks to @NicoloRibaudo @JLHwung & Justin Ridgewell github.com/babel/babel/pull/…
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1/ For 2021 we have increased our @opencollect open source sustainability commitment by 50% to $150,000! 🥳 opencollective.com/airbnb We are excited about what some project maintainers have told us about how this has impacted them so far (thread)
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Babel 7.13.0 is out! 🎉 It includes a lot of new important features: - 🎯The `targets` top-level option - 🧞Compiler `assumptions` (for advanced users!) - 🧡TypeScript 4.2 - #️⃣Transform for the Records and Tuples proposal babeljs.io/blog/2021/02/22/7…
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So we’ve been secretly working with the good people @gitcoin on an experiment: fundoss.org. Funding open source with quadratic funding 🔥 We are opening registration for a small number of OSS projects. Throw your name in the hat!
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What is the meaning of "community" in the open-source world and how do we live in and shape it? What does it take to "maintain" software and community? We're joined by guest panelist @veekas as we ask @left_pad all about it! enjoythevue.io/episodes/36 #Babel #VueJS #EnjoyTheVue
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⚠️Starting in 90 Minutes! ⚠️ @babeljs might seem like magic ✨, but @laurieontech is going to teach us how developers of any skill level can build custom Babel plugins for fun and/or profit! Details Here! ⬇️ buff.ly/2KUvFUy
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Deep dive post! If you saw my tweets the last couple of months there was a lot about Babel as I worked on an extensive codemod. I thought I'd write a post that distills the fundamentals of how that worked. next.egghead.io/learn/javasc…
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📣 It's now possible to publish modern JavaScript to npm and use it in projects without breaking older browsers. See how: web.dev/publish-modern-javas…
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Happy Babel blog post day! There is going to be even more on this topic. But starting with a primer 🥳 laurieontech.com/posts/babel…
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Open source ain't easy 🏋️‍♂️ Don't believe me? @left_pad joins me on @ReactPodcast to talk about building @babeljs and maintaining communities that maintain open source and the surprising communities he draws inspiration from… reactpodcast.com/119 #reactjs #OpenSource
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We just released a new Babel version! 🎉 It includes support for many new features, such as: - 🌋 TypeScript 4.1 - 🗿 Class static blocks proposal - 🧵 String as import/export names - 🧑‍🚒🚒🔥 webpack 5 and Node.js ESM compatibility for @babel/runtime babeljs.io/blog/2020/10/15/7…
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