Horse JS speaks! (JS Party #142)

We kick off with some exciting TypeScript news, follow that with some exciting JavaScript news, then finish off with an exciting interview. Key word: EXCITING

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Featuring:

• Horse JS – X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
• Divya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• TypeScript 4.0 released
• AST Explorer
• meta-typing
• Airbnb’s ts-migrate
• Codemods: Refactoring JavaScript using JavaScript
• The Js13k Competition
• Elder.js
• Cheat sheet! Formatting JS Numbers
• Cheat sheet! Formatting JS Dates and Times

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!