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• 00:25 Welcome
• 01:13 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:03 Sponsor: Sentry
• 02:44 The proposal announced
• A proposal for type syntax in JavaScript
• Proposal types as comments
• 03:24 What are types?
• 08:33 Types as comments
• 10:51 Why not JS Doc?
• 13:39 What it looks like
• 19:02 Possible downsides
• 21:37 Why not define a type system for JS in TC39 instead?
• Why not define a type system for JS in TC39 instead?
• 22:41 The Proposal vs Typescript