Publishing JavaScript Packages with John-David Dalton, Stephan Bönnemann, James Kyle, and Henry Zhu

Description:

Doing open source involves a lot more than just coding up the tool/library. We're going to talk about the challenge of activly publishing an open source package on npm and some of the tools that have been developed to automate this process. Our guests have each developed some amazing tools, so you're in for a really interesting show!
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Links, Picks, and Tips:


James Kyle
@thejameskyle

TipsGo home, stop working, take a vacation, don't work on the weekends.
PicksFlowType.org


John-David Dalton
@jdalton

LinksLernababel-plugin-lodashlodash-webpack-pluginES6 Module InteroperabilityShrinkpack
TipsReduce barriers for contributionsIf a repo is lagging in activity jump in as a contributor
Pickseslint-plugin-import


Stephan Bönnemann
@boennemann

LinksSemantic Releasenpm prunenpm packpackage.json files
TipsAlways bring your skateboard to the airport
Picksnpm CouchDB changes feedshrinkwrap on publish


Henry Zhu
@left_pad

LinksThoughts on setting up a monorepo for cycle.jsWhy is Babel a monorepo?Prosemirror monorepo disucssionpackage.json files property, .npmignore
TipsQuestions can become PRs for a project - if something seems weird/could be improved, it was probably overlooked. (for example)
PicksLebab: the opposite of babelView # of Issues/PRs for a contributors


Kent C. Dodds
@kentcdodds

LinksnpnycHow to use bundledDependenciesgenerator-kcd-oss
TipsAutomate things
Picksngrok Secure tunnels to localhostHow to Write a JavaScript Library Free Egghead.io course


Pam Selle
@pamasaur

TipsIf you figure out why istanbul/nyc is called nyc, let me know
PicksLambCI
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