Types in JS?

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Wes Bos

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🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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0:00.0	Monday Monday Monday open wide dev fans get ready to stuff your face with
0:07.0	JavaScript CSS node modules barbecue tips get workflow break dancing soft skills web
0:12.2	development the hastiest the crazy as the tastiest web development treats coming in
0:17.9	hot here is Wes Barakuda boss and Scott El Toro Lugo Tolinsky
0:26.6	welcome to syntax on this Monday hasty treat we're going to be talking about
0:33.2	the new proposal that's taking the JavaScript world by storm that is types in
0:38.1	JavaScript the proposal is existing it exists now and we're going to be
0:43.4	talking about what it is why it exists why you might be interested in this
0:47.3	and just overall just the sort of 4-1-1 on this type of thing my name is
0:51.6	Scott Tolinsky I'm a developer from Denver Colorado and with me today and
0:55.9	as always is the west boss excited to be here excited to talk about this
1:01.1	possible addition to JavaScript it's pretty cool and there's a lot of
1:05.9	opinions on either side of it so let's dig on in yeah let's dig on in this
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1:20.5	really keep track of them this is the type of thing that if you're a developer
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1:45.7	it also gives you the tools to do some really neat stuff like performance
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