Modern Open Source Node.js Packages

Building and publishing packages with ES2015/ES2016, covering everything from transpiler choices, testing, and publishing on npm.

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1. MODERN OPEN SOURCE NODE.JS PACKAGES Safely Build, Publish & Maintain ES2015, ES2016 Packages Today
2. HAI! ENTREPRENEUR, HACKER, DEVELOPER OPEN SOURCE ADVOCATE & DOG LOVER @AhmadNassri AhmadNassri.com VP of Engineering at Mashape, Founder at Tech Masters, Mentor at Node School Toronto, Board Member at Full Stack Toronto, Board Member at Open API Initiative, Editor at The RESTful Web. Tech Outlaw, wanted by a 3rd world dictator (true story)
5. JS HISTORY STANDARDIZATION TIMELINE
6. TC39 & ECMA-262 COMMITTEE & STANDARD
8. EC1 JUNE 1997
9. EC2 JUNE 1998
10. EC3 DECEMBER 1999
11. EC4 ABANDONED! :(
12. EC HARMONY AUGUST 2008
13. EC5 DECEMBER 2009
14. ES6 ES2015 JUNE 2015!!!
15. ES2016 JUNE 2016 :)
16. ES2017 WIP
17. NEW PROCESS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TOO!
18. STAGE 0 (STRAWMAN) ALLOW INPUT INTO THE SPECIFICATION tc39.github.io/process-document
19. STAGE 1 (PROPOSAL) MAKE THE CASE, DESCRIBE A SOLUTION, IDENTIFY CHALLENGES tc39.github.io/process-document
20. STAGE 2 (DRAFT) PRECISELY DESCRIBE SYNTAX & SEMANTICS USING FORMAL SPEC LANGUAGE tc39.github.io/process-document
21. STAGE 3 (CANDIDATE) FURTHER REFINEMENT WILL REQUIRE FEEDBACK FROM IMPLEMENTATIONS AND USERS tc39.github.io/process-document
22. STAGE 4 (FINISHED) READY FOR INCLUSION IN THE FORMAL ECMASCRIPT STANDARD tc39.github.io/process-document
23. I CAN HAZ ES2016?
24. NOT YET!
25. SPEC COMPATIBILITY https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
26. LONG-TERM SUPPORT! https://github.com/nodejs/LTS
27. NO MORE WAITING!
28. TRANSPILER(S) TO THE RESCUE
29. MOAR TRANSPILERS! https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js
30. ICYMI ... https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js
31. SUPERSETS ARE THE NEW FRAMEWORKS!
32. BACKWARD COMPATIBLE?
33. MODERN WORKFLOW!
34. TOOLS
35. SIMPLE WORKFLOW
36. PACKAGE.JSON
37. PACKAGE.JSON
38. PACKAGE.JSON
39. .TRAVIS.YML
40. EASY! RIGHT?
41. GOTCHAS
42. FINAL SPEC CHANGED ES7 !== ES2016
43. COMPILED API DIFFERS FROM SOURCE (compiled == source && compiled !== source) === true
44. PERFORMANCE LOSS + NO OPTIMIZATION
45. SUGAR vs CORE
46. ABANDONWARE Tool Decay + Fragile Ecosystems
47. TOOLING HEAVY Setup, Config, Environments, Virtualization, Resources
48. IT GETS BETTER
49. IT *IS* BETTER
50. IT WILL BE EVEN BETTER
51. CONTRIBUTE AND MAKE IT BETTER! github.com/tc39
52. github.com/ahmadnassri/npm-package-generator THANK YOU! @AhmadNassri AhmadNassri.com AhmadNassri.com/talks TechMasters.chat NodeSchool.io/toronto FSTO.co