A Nick-level emergency

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Node.js makes big TypeScript & SQLite moves, ECMAScript 2024 adds some niceties to the language (but not the ones you’re probably excited for) & we review the State of React 2023 results. Emergency?! Nick!

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

I’d rather be TypeScripting

• Node.js adds an experimental feature to strip TypeScript types
• Node.js adds a built-in SQLite module
• util.styleText(format, text)
• What’s New for JavaScript Developers in ECMAScript 2024
• Promise.withResolvers made it in “speedrun” style
• es-toolkit
• State of React 2023 results
• websim.ai
  • Jerod’s TS Fan Page
  • J-Rod’s TS Fan Shizzle

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chương

1. It's party time, Nick (00:00:00)

2. Emergency pod? Nick! (00:00:56)

3. Node adds TS stripping for Nick (00:01:58)

https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/53725

4. Nick would absolutely love this (00:05:55)

5. Nick: "I'd rather be TypeScripting" (00:07:01)

6. Nick is cool with SQLite in Node (00:08:13)

https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/53752

7. What should live in a core, Nick? (00:09:47)

8. Nick asks about SQLite vs Deno KV (00:13:13)

9. Nick brings up util.styleText (00:14:46)

10. What’s new in ECMAScript 24, Nick? (00:18:26)

https://thenewstack.io/whats-new-for-javascript-developers-in-ecmascript-2024/

11. Nick on Array grouping (00:22:55)

12. Jerod tells Nick about es-toolkit (00:23:50)

https://github.com/toss/es-toolkit

13. Nick asks what features we want (00:28:10)

14. Nick on the State of React '23 (00:32:57)

https://2023.stateofreact.com/en-US/

15. Nick wonders: Is SSR a fad? (00:39:51)

16. Nick on Component problems (00:41:42)

17. KBall tells Nick about websim.ai (00:43:29)

https://websim.ai

18. Nick prompts Jerod's TS Fan Page (00:45:21)

https://websim.ai/c/eud2EZaTQc4w4Jneb

19. Nick prompts J-Rod's TS Fan Shizzle (00:46:30)

https://websim.ai/c/KpP68ZkxnLVcpfWMG

20. Nick sneaks in a snorer topic (00:47:21)

21. Nick closes it down (00:48:49)

22. Next up on Nick's pod (00:49:22)