JS modules in all browsers, upgrading to Babel 7, searching and sorting, V8: small integers, performance “wormholes”, TypeScript at Google

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The latest in JavaScript and cross-platform tools

Shimport: use JS modules in all browsers
github.com
@rich_harris

babel-upgrade: upgrade to v7 (dependencies, config files, JS files)
github.com
@babeljs

Searching and sorting text with diacritical marks
thread.engineering
@paulspringett, @teamthread

V8 Internals: How Small is a “Small Integer?”
medium.com
@fhinkel

Wormholes in JavaScript (low-level knowledge can make JS faster)
www.nearform.com
@mafintosh, @NearForm

TypeScript and Flow

TypeScript at Google
neugierig.org
github/evmar

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