July 26th, 2023 × #javascript#webdev#polyfill#transpile#monkey patch
Polyfills, Transpiling and Monkey Patching
Wes and Scott discuss polyfilling, transpiling, and monkey patching - what they are, when to use each, and tools that can help.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what polyfills, transpiling, and monkey patching mean, how and when to do it, and libraries that can help you out.
Show Notes
- 00:10 Welcome
- 01:07 Toast follow up
- 02:45 What are transpiling, ponyfill, polyfill, and monkey patching
- TC39 Proposals
- Pretty excited about the new JavaScript non-mutating array methods. Currently in stage 3
- 11:18 Transpiling unsupported CSS
- 15:11 Polyfills
- Popover polyfill
- 19:22 Polyfilling CSS
- 21:06 HTML polyfills
- 27:47 How to transpile and polyfill
- Babel
- TypeScript: JavaScript With Syntax For Types
- CoffeeScript
- Civet
- cronn/jsxtransformer: Pipeline for transforming JSX files using Babel.js and Uglify.js
- Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced web apps
- Polyfill.io
- core-js - npm
- 35:46 Shiv and shims
- Shim vs Shiv
- 38:16 Monkey patching
- 49:08 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
- Scott: Cable sleeve
- Wes: Air Purifier
- AliExpress
Shameless Plugs
- Scott: Sentry
- Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials
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