JavaScript chat summary, May 21st, 2019

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Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. chat (agenda, Slack Transcript)

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Maintaining Changelog

Updates to docs on maintaining packages change log.
Developers should not choose the version number for changes to packages, instead, add the changes to relevant subsection under “Master” heading.

Unstable APIs

Some discussion around listing and auditing various unstable APIs in use.
@nosolosw suggested automating the listing using JSDoc and was agreed upon.
These unsable APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.’s will be reviewed and removed on case by case basis.

Release Automation Tool

Current release process required manual intervention which was time consuming and prone to errors.
@youknowriad worked on the initial tool which helps in automating the process more details in PR

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Maintaining Changelog

Unstable APIs

Release Automation Tool

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