Episode Details

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through what ESM is, and why you want to move your projects to ESM.

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• 00:10 Welcome
• 00:51 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:32 Our experiences with ESM
• 06:54 Why ESM?
• 11:42 Top Level Await
• 16:16 Assert Import type eventually
• Scott’s Vite chunk import map
• 21:00 Converting code to ESM
• 27:22 .JS on end of files
• 32:12 Imports and exports
• 37:52 TypeScript
• 40:24 Bundling / Transpiling
• Vite Node
• 43:42 Dependencies
• Sindre thread
• 45:16 Publishing
• 53:25 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Egg dispenser
• Wes: Pure Cinema Podcast

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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