Thursday, February 20, 2025

2025.2.20. The Future of JavaScript with TC39

2/20, Thursday, hosted by Docusign.

I've been the Seattle Javascript meetup a few times, but this one is worth noting.

TC39 (Technical Committee of ECMA for Javascript. ECMA = European Computer Manufacturers Association. TC39 is convening in Seattle this week, so a special meetup was setup to have the TC39 meeting goer talk about TC39 and share some of the new features of Javascript. Talks
  • Intro to TC39 by Rob Palmer
  • Recap: This Week's TC39 by Linus Groh
  • Temporal: Modern dates and times in JavaScript by Philip Chimento
  • import defer: What it is and when to use it by Nicolò Ribaudo
  • Why your web app needs internationalization by Shane Carr
  • Faster TypeScript compilation with ts-blank-space Ashley Claymore
  • Hardened JavaScript by Mathieu Hofman
  • Free the JavaScript trademark by Luca Casonato
Lots of work going to standardizing and advancing a technical language. I also learned that Javascript TM is owned by Oracle, and TC39 is trying to get USPTO to release the trademark.