Episode 281: What You Need to Know About the Proposal for Signals in JavaScript

Host(s):

• John Papa @John_Papa
• Ward Bell @WardBell

Guest:

• Manfred Steyer @ManfredSteyer

Recording date: May 2, 2024

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Manfred Steyer’s blog post on Successful with Signals in Angular – 3 Effective Rules for Your Architecture
• Angular Signals Blog Post
• Component Communication with Signals, Inputs, Two-way Bindings, and Content/ View Queries
• Advanced Angular Architecture Workshop
• Manfred’s Overview of Signals in Angular
• Manfred Steyer on Twitter
• Article about the TC39 Proposal for Native Signals in JavaScript
• TC39 Proposal for Native Signals in JavaScript
• What are Angular Signals
• What is a Race Condition?

Timejumps

• 00:28 Sending Ward off on an adventure
• 01:44 The evolution of signals
• 06:00 TC39 Proposal for Native Signals in JavaScript
• 08:23 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 09:26 How are signals going to change our world?
• 18:23 What is double count doing that's different than count?
• 23:16 Why is it important that it's asynchronous?
• 27:15 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 28:10 What is signals replacing?
• 33:28 What do people need to know about signals?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.