Matthew Gerstman explaining a lot of terms that evolve around JavaScript: ECMA, TC39, Babel, Polyfills, …
So you Google how to make your app work in IE 10, or 11, or whatever. You’re quickly flooded with acronyms and terms you’ve never heard before ES5, ES6, ESNext, ES2020, TC39, ECMA. What’s a transpiler? People are debating about polyfills and ponyfills; is there a difference?
If you’re overwhelmed, that’s okay, it’s a lot. This article will attempt to cover the entire ecosystem around shipping new-ish JavaScript to older browsers and how the community decides what features get added to JavaScript in the first place; let’s dive in.