Ives van Hoorne - Making Development More Visual

Ives van Hoorne

Making development more visual and scalable by leveraging browser capabilities, including code bundling, WebAssembly, and Monaco code editor, to reduce costs and improve performance.

Key takeaways
  • Making development more visual is crucial for scalability and cost-effectiveness.
  • Bundlers can work in the browser without server costs, reducing costs by 100 euros a month.
  • CodeMirror is a powerful tool for making development more visual.
  • WebAssembly is a game-changer for building applications in the browser.
  • Fiasco extensions can be run in a different context, making them reusable.
  • Monaco, the code editor in VS code, can be used in the browser with minimal modifications.
  • CodeSammox uses a serializable messaging API to communicate between services.
  • The CodeSammox bundler works by finding all require statements, transpiling the code, and then evaluating it.
  • The browser is a powerful tool for development, with capabilities like eval and messaging.
  • Tree shaking and optimization can be done in the browser, reducing bundle sizes.
  • Making extensions work in the browser was a major challenge, requiring significant modifications to CodeSammox.
  • The TM language is used for tokenizing languages in VS code.
  • Client-side execution is faster and more scalable than server-side execution.
  • CodeSammox uses a mini node runtime in the web worker to simulate all node processes.
  • The browser-compatible version of Monaco was a major help in making VS code work in the browser.
  • WebAssembly can be used to create reusable components that can be shared between projects.
  • The browser can be used to create a local editor experience that is similar to a desktop editor.
  • The asynchronous and synchronous phases of code execution can be optimized for performance.

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