I Can Babel Macros (and So Can You!) - Shawn "swyx" Wang

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Shows how to use Babel macros for code generation and analysis, demonstrated using the Moana macro system. Covers practical examples of writing and applying Babel macros to transform and inspect JavaScript code.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:23Growing A Language
3. 2:57Rejected Talk Ideas
4. 19:40Compile-time Execution = Babel Macros
5. 20:04Compile-time is Growing
6. 21:22Compile Time Optimization

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