TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

Sam Gammon joins the two fools to talk about Elide, a batteries-included multi-language runtime. What if you could import Python modules from TypeScript... or Ruby, or Kotlin, or Rust? What if you could consolidate multiple backends to just one that ran all your code end-to-end with a unified DX? And what if doing all that was just as fast (or faster) than your existing backend? That's what we talk about in this episode!

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Chapters

  • (00:00) - Introducing Elide, a Multi-language Runtime Built on GraalVM
  • (03:51) - Why Support Multiple Languages?
  • (07:42) - What is GraalVM, anyway?
  • (09:43) - What are the Languages Elide Supports Today?
  • (10:53) - How Does Elide Interop Between Languages?
  • (14:03) - What Magic Allows TypeScript to Import a Python Module?
  • (16:12) - How Does Elide's API Compare to Other Runtimes?
  • (18:26) - Elide's Embedded Inference Engine and API
  • (20:11) - How Does Elide Handle Idioms Like Promises?
  • (22:39) - What About Single- vs. Multi-threading?
  • (24:41) - What About Concurrency and Isolation?
  • (28:33) - Does Elide Help with Serverless Cold Starts?
  • (29:25) - Can Elide Compile Single-file Executables?
  • (31:06) - How is TypeScript So Fast in Elide?
  • (33:34) - Can We Start Building with Elide?
  • (35:14) - How Do You Debug Across Multiple Languages?
  • (38:13) - Where Does Elide Really Shine?
  • (40:56) - How is Elide Planning to Win?
  • (42:53) - Could Elide Support a Native Runtime Type System?
  • (45:26) - Takeaways and Where to Learn More

Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Use your TypeScript or JavaScript skills to make games! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need to make web games, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, input, tile maps, particles, and more.
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)

Creators and Guests

Host
Erik Onarheim
Self-professed Neovim Dandy 🎩 Software developer in Minneapolis ⛄I created a game engine for the web called Excalibur 🗡
Host
Kamran Ayub
Solopreneur, speaker, and Pluralsight author. Founder of KeepTrackOfMyGames.com.
Guest
Sam Gammon
Founder of elide.dev

What is TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers?

The two TypeScript Fools, Kamran Ayub and Erik Onarheim, get together weekly to bring you news, community highlights, and deep dives into the TypeScript ecosystem. Stay up-to-date on what's happening and learn new things to make you a better TypeScript developer along the way!