Show notes
In episode 13 of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we’re joined by Jafar Husain from Netflix to talk with us about the future of JavaScript. Jafar is part of the TC-39 committee that helps determine the future specs of ECMAScript. Jafar shares a lot of interesting insights into how the committee works and how a feature makes it's way into the spec. Jafar also talks to us about Observables and cancellable promises.Items mentioned in the episode:TC-39, ECMAScript, Iterators and Generators, Proxies, Observables, Promises, Evan Czaplicki, Yehuda Katz, Rust Language, TypeScript, Elm Language, PureScript, Flow, Jay Phelps, LazyDOM, Tracy LeeGuests:Jafar Husain - @jhusainPanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungDerrick Showers - @derrickshowersBrian Holt - @holtbtPicks:Jafar Husain - Idris LanguageRyan Burgess - Status, process, and documents for ECMA262Ryan Burgess - Octomore Scotch 07.1Jem Young - MorbotronJem Young - Full Stack TorontoDerrick Showers - Glimmer 2 Deep DiveDerrick Showers - Rogue varietiesBrian Holt - I Really Like Angular 2 - Trailer for The Jeff Cross Show on Modern Web feat Jafar HusainBrian Holt - Modern Web Podcast