Javascript Chat Summary: July 30, 2019

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Below is a 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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Housekeeping

Slack Conversation

@gziolo substitutes @aduth as the chat’s co-host in the next 3 months while he enjoys well deserved time off. It was a good opportunity to refresh the group of Note Takers. Kudos to @cbravobernal for volunteering to help with summary posts like this one. For those who still would like to get involved let us know. Here is the document which explains in-depth what does it entail.

Type Definitions

Slack Conversation

First, there is some exciting news to share for those who use TypeScript in their workflows. The last of the DefinitelyTyped submissions for package type definitions has been merged. Great work @dsifford on the related PR.

We also discussed possible next steps in terms of improving the auto-generated documentation. There was a general agreement that we should seek ways to improve the current approach with JSDoc comments before we jump into deep integration with TypeScript.

Action items

Replace the existing JSDoc ESLint rules with eslint-plugin-jsdoc (GitHub issue).
Improve existing JSDoc comments as we enable TypeScript checking gradually for all packages. This task should be coordinated with the tracking issue on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/.

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Communication

Housekeeping

Type Definitions

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