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🔥 @caitp88 is speeding up object spread (the new {...o} syntax) in @v8js. Performance already seems to significantly faster than the @BabelJS transpiled version and Object.assign. 🔗 bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issue…
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Babel retweeted
Going to write a few posts, what would you want to read/discuss? (going to do all of them anyway)
22% Stage X presets removal
26% "loose" mode/output
47% Babel helpers (runtime)
6% Something else (reply)
144 votes • Final results
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Babel retweeted
☀️#RGSoC2018 #RGSoCSunshine DAY1 (@MarinaGJCho, @sujinleeme) ✅ Joined kick-off party video call ✅ Discussed a whole weekly plan for babel-time-travel ✅ Had a brainstorming session for improvements based on previous work 👉 Read More? bit.ly/2IIZiBv
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This can make your lives a whole lot easier: How to use Babel macros with React Native, by @geekykaran medium.freecodecamp.org/usin…
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Babel retweeted
Just published a post to discuss how our community might move to a "post-ES5" package ecosystem for publishing/consuming. (Babel 7 will help enable compilation of specific packages) babeljs.io/blog/2018/06/26/o…
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This is all it takes to start playing around with custom @babeljs code transforms using babel-plugin-macros (supported in create-react-app 2.0.0 beta). Learn more about ASTs: youtube.com/watch?v=VBscbcm2… Learn more about babel-plugin-macros: youtube.com/watch?v=nlAHtAQl… 🎣
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Much thanks to @bit_src for supporting Babel with a $1k/month donation!
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Let's take a look at what it's like to configure @babeljs 7 youtu.be/Tv4n_3zETHc?a
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What is the craziest babel plugin out there? babel-preset-php seems like a strong contender
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Spent the afternoon updating paypal-scripts (very nontrivial) to Babel 7 and it actually went fairly smoothly. The only bumps were where I was doing weird stuff anyway. 👌 Great work @left_pad, @loganfsmyth, and team!
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Here's a super early demo of a project I've been working on @zeithq. I'm able to inspect and "pause" function execution completely at runtime (no debugger or v8 API calls, just pure @nodejs) using @babeljs. kapture-fmarptjzap.pranay.gp
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Babel retweeted
Nicolò is has really stepped up as an awesome maintainer, and has been implementing Stage 2 Decorators (picking up from @PeeyFTW's work)
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Ping me if you’d like a @babeljs sticker, I’ve got about twenty left. @jsconfeu
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Anyways, what's your favorite bagel plugin?
Always have a good chuckle when someone writes "bagel plugin" for @babeljs 😆
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#jsconfeu stop by the zalando booth at 15:30 to hear how we use @babeljs from @_vigneshh @heisenbugger
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