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172: Behind the scenes of Babel 7

172: Behind the scenes of Babel 7

The Web Platform Podcast · The Web Platform Podcast

September 12, 201854m 8s

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Show Notes

Babel, a build tool that has enabled web developers to build tomorrows JavaScript today, has finally hit it's version 7 release. It's been a long 3 years and Henry Zhu (@left_pad) along with the Babel core team have a lot to share with us. In this episode, Henry discusses the process of building Babel 7 as well as the new features we have long awaited from TypeScript integration to Macros and much more.

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