Modernizing packages to ESM
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Mark Erikson (web dev professor/historian, OSS Maintainer & engineer at Replay) joins us to talk about the shift from CommonJS to ESM. We discuss the history of module patterns in JS and the grueling effort to push the world’s biggest developer ecosystem forward. Get ready to go to school kids, this one’s deep!
Mark Erikson (web dev professor/historian, OSS Maintainer & engineer at Replay) joins us to talk about the shift from CommonJS to ESM. We discuss the history of module patterns in JS and the grueling effort to push the world’s biggest developer ecosystem forward. Get ready to go to school kids, this one’s deep!
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Featuring:
Mark Erikson – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteAmal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub
Show Notes:
My Experience Modernizing Packages to ESM - Mark’s epic blog post
History and Timeline of ES Modules
Node API Reference for ESM
Andrew Branch’s WIP TypeScript module processing documentation
Sindre Sorhus: Pure ESM packages
Modern Guide to Packaging a JS Library
Guide for shipping ESM and CJS in one Package
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!