Let's Talk About Transpilers

Explore the world of transpilers in this 44-minute conference talk from Devoxx. Discover why successful software eventually becomes legacy and the challenges it presents, including difficulty in finding developers and increased costs for system evolution. Learn about the importance of migrating software while preserving accumulated knowledge. Examine the reasons companies may opt for automatic code translation to modern languages, and delve into the associated challenges and solutions. Gain insights into practical transpiler architecture and explore open-source components for building transpilers in Java, Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript. Watch a live demonstration of a simple transpiler in action to solidify your understanding of this crucial software development concept.

Let's talk about transpilers by Federico Tomassetti