The Future of JavaScript - HTTP203

This week, Paul & Jake talk about the future of JavaScript: ES6 and beyond.

[AlexPaluzzi]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has that same reaction when I see Coffee. Great video!

[FernandoPonteFilho]

Finally found! Love the captions too, btw. You make a wonderful work guys, thanks!

[weergalmen]

1:17 the inaudible part is 'Traceur', a compiler.

[LarsRyeJeppesen]

Typescript and typing does give a lot of advantages in respect to tooling during development.

[eoa]

I disagree with TypeScript compiler producing unreadable code. It generates more readable JavaScript then Babel imo.

[NelsonSilva]

i use self = this, so when i use self it will us previoues 'this' context instead of the context where im calling it

[dwighthouse]

Babel is cool and I use it. However, I disagree with you two about the new class syntax. Not because I want to use prototypes, but because I think classes are the wrong direction for the language entirely, regardless of syntax. They provide no data hiding and they encourage inheritance, a language anti-pattern in my option (I always prefer composition). Since Javascript is now the world's most popular language, the constant pushes to make Javascript more comfortable for Java programmers makes no sense. Java should be making Javascript programmers more comfortable.

[MartinHodgkins]

I can only assume gwt is all old fashioned now. Nobody mentions it anymore. Transpiler?

[andrew_varga]

I don't think it's fair putting TypeScript in the same box with CoffeeScript. TS compiled into readable JS, it also has a lot of ES6/7 features already supported and types are optional. It's essentially JS, no need to learn a new language for JS devs.

[Gimpneek]

can def tell this wasn't recorded in blighty 😝

[loquek]

YES OMG YES! var that != this... give it a decent name! finally someone else singing the same song! I didn't mind, bind in certain places but can get messy ~

[fernandogomez]

Watching this in 2024 now TypeScript is a THING 😎👌

[DrRobrez]

lol `var that = this`, `var jakey = this` !!! :)))

[ColinRichardson]

AHHH, this is where you guys are now hiding.