Austin JS

UPDATE: We're postponing this meetup until next month due to weather. See you in February!

From Language Design to TC39 (The JS Language Standards Group)

This talk is a reflection on a lot of discussions that come up when talking about language design and what it means to design for a future that is always bigger than the past. Topics from the past present and future such as ASI, ESM, decorators, and private fields are things that are important to get right if we are stuck with them forever. We can use discussion examples of each of these topics to get a better understanding of why it is so difficult to make things “just work”. I will discuss ongoing themes of discussion within TC39 and efforts that are changing how TC39 is viewed.

Our speaker, Bradley Farias (https://twitter.com/bradleymeck), is a GoDaddy developer advocate working as a TC39 member with a focus on developer tooling. He implemented and specified Node.js integration with ES Modules; and is currently expanding experiences for the REPL, package distribution, and devtools.

Make sure to thank our gracious hosts Spredfast (https://www.spredfast.com/), and our sponsors Indeed (https://www.indeed.jobs/) for the food and drinks!