--- title: "TC39 advances numerous proposals at latest meeting" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 739 published_at: "2025-06-06" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/739" --- Plus Babel 8 beta, Storybook 9, Astro 5.9, and bringing PHP into your Node. | #​739 — June 6, 2025 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/739) 🖊️ I was meant to be traveling this week. My plans changed, but I’d planned for a shorter issue, so enjoy the bitesize take! 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