Name suggestions

[sebmck]

• esnext
• 2015to5 (Over my dead body)
• 20xx
• jsnext
• JS.next
• ESEdge
• JSEdge
• Autobot
• Rosetta
• Babel
• Transformer
• TransformerJS
• RewindJS
• nextjs
• JSworks
• JSkit
• next2now
• HighFive
• milljs
• espro
• estro
• next.js
• forward.js
• riches
• Continuum
• Looper
• McFly
• Biff
• TwelveMonkeys
• T-800
• Retcon
• Backporter
• Nostradamus
• JSOfTheFuture
• Jarvis
• ESX
• ECzMA
• OnRamp
• Crossfade
• agile.js
• rapid.js
• es.js
• pileup
• Transmogrify
• Alchemy
• AC tranSlater
• eslang
• Tardis
• TimeLord
• DumbifyJS
• FastForward
• FlashForward
• Obamacare.js
• Fest
• Nest
• Pest
• Jet
• Switch
• FringeJS
• ExceedJS
• VantageJS
• oracle.js
• modern
• prophecy
• sybill
• erised
• thestral
• firenze
• vanga (not vagina)
• proximus
• posterus
• nuance
• retro
• rasputin
• Wells
• Herbert
• dat
• Tomorrow
• Ambitus
• Prometheus
• silverbullet
• magicbullet
• Xto5
• XtoY
• StarJS (*JS)
• Downcast
• Pimp My JS
• Harmony
• strawman
• Uplift
• Evolve
• Pythia
• NotTerrible
• LobotomizeJS
• Affinity
• Concord

[hawkrives]

I think I'm partial to the "random" names; rosette and babel, in particular.

[stefanpenner]

jsnext

:+1:

[jridgewell]

Babel could actually be a good one — it translates all this cutting edge JS into a common language.

[sebmck]

I like Rosetta and Babel because they both have origins in language translation which links back to the actual goals of 6to5.

[chicoxyzzy]

How about Babel fish?

"The Babel fish," said The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy quietly, "is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier but from those around it. It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave energy to nourish itself with. It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix formed by combining the conscious thought frequencies with nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain which has supplied them. The practical upshot of all this is that if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything in any form of language. The speech patterns you actually hear decode the brainwave matrix which has been fed into your mind by your Babel fish.

in memory of Douglas Adams

also: Betelgeuse

[terinjokes]

:+1: to babel (or babel fish), "Rosetta" is fairly well established for other commercial products.

[sebmck]

Only problem is that I sound ridiculous saying "babel" with an Australian accent.

[jamiebuilds]

Only problem is that I sound ridiculous saying "babel" with an Australian accent.

I'm now convinced this is the best name for the project.

[gaearon]

I like babel.

[dashed]

You can shorten it to just bab. /hipster

[cesarandreu]

:+1: to babel, babeljs, jsnext, or nextjs.

[monsanto]

If 6to5 is gonna have transformers for profiling, optimization, minification, etc as hinted in the future scope thread, then names like "js.next" don't really capture the full spirit of the project imo

what about a name like "JSworks" or "JSkit"

[barneycarroll]

"JSnext" is good but shares a name with a conference and is similar to "nextJS" (also extant). Of course, the inadequacy of "6to5" isn't just in the fact that ES6 isn't indicative of the target implementation, but the fact that ES5 isn't even the target environment (in the near future I might be using this to compile to ES6 or — suspend your disbelief — someone might extend the project to work in IE7 ;).

How about "next2now"? I think that sums up the general spirit without being too limited in scope or recondite (who wants this to be associated with Altavista's automated translation service?).

[despairblue]

I like babel.

I'm strongly against rosetta, since every german will be reminded of anus when talking about this project. This was actually the bases for all jokes in german media when talking about the rosetta space probe.

I'm not saying you shouldn't use a name because some ethnicity objects, just saying it'll feel weird to me, and probably other german speakers :joy:

[dashed]

@despairblue Well it's gotta come out somewhere right? :smile:

Throwing another suggestion to the pool: milljs

[RReverser]

BackToTheFuture.js :smile:

[chicoxyzzy]

IMO we should avoid js postfix

[despairblue]

@Dashed true, but I feel that 6to5 does not produce crap, quite the contrary :wink:

@chicoxyzzy :+1:

[phpnode]

• jsnext is pretty cool.
• espro
• estro
• next.js
• forward.js
• riches (because who wouldn't want to npm install riches?)

[stefanpenner]

riches (because who wouldn't want to npm install riches?)

sounds hard to google for though :P

[sebmck]

@RReverser

BackToTheFuture.js :smile:

The name I used for 6to5 before I publicly released it was actually delorean :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

[dashed]

delorean is now a flux thing http://deloreanjs.com/

[sebmck]

@Dashed Seems like everyone and their dog has their own flux implementation.

[RReverser]

The name I used for 6to5 before I publicly released it was actually delorean :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Good to know we are on the same wave :D

[chicoxyzzy]

BTW https://github.com/mitsuhiko/babel https://github.com/gossi/babel.js

[sebmck]

@chicoxyzzy Every simple name will probably be taken by some obscure library.

[caspervonb]

My two cents, should try to avoid things that already exist in the not only npm registry, but also the unix ecosystem. Prime example of this is swig, which has existed for over a decade yet there is a really popular npm package, with a binary that has the same name.

[caspervonb]

And a mandatory random suggestion eslang

[rauschma]

TV/movie-inspired names:

• Continuum (TV show)
• Looper (movie)
• McFly? Biff?
• TwelveMonkeys
• T-800

More names:

• Retcon
• Backporter
• Nostradamus

[timoxley]

TV/movie-inspired names:

• Continuum (TV show)

continuum is good but already taken for similar purpose (though perhaps discontinued): https://benvie.github.io/continuum/

[chicoxyzzy]

McFly

https://github.com/kenwheeler/mcfly is another Flux framework :smile:

Seems like everyone and their dog has their own flux implementation.

it's like Simpsons Already Did It

[rauschma]

Man, React folks. ;-) But once you go Flux, plundering the rest of BTF is obvious. Then I propose the name Compensator.

[pluma]

JSOfTheFuture (JSOTF)?

[rauschma]

Jarvis?

[jaydson]

ESX ?

[barneycarroll]

ECzMA?

[OCannings]

• OnRamp
• Crossfade

[oriSomething]

jsnext

[msikma]

pileup

[benkimpel]

• Transmogrify
• Alchemy
• AC tranSlater (sorry)

[caspervonb]

Alchemy is a C++ to AS compiler from Adobe.

[caspervonb]

• eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

[RReverser]

Alchemy is a C++ to AS compiler from Adobe.

Then it's mostly irrelevant to JS world anyway. If we would skip all the names used in all the languages or for real-world things, this:

eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious

would be really the only suitable solution :)

[michaelficarra]

I like JSOfTheFuture or OneJS.

[sebmck]

OneJS is already taken by this project unfortunately. Not really a suitable name either since OneJS/1JS has been adopted by the TC39 and related parties to refer to JavaScript backwards compatibility.

[michaelficarra]

OneJS is already taken

That project looks small enough that you can just trample over their name.

OneJS/1JS has been adopted by the TC39 and related parties to refer to JavaScript backwards compatibility

I know, that's why it's good.

[timoxley]

Could pick a name that honours the author and 6to5 visionary: "McKenzie" or some variant. Like a self-titled album.

[dashed]

Or mack.

But in no way related to the actual word: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mack

[jonathanong]

ES SEX

[jonathanong]

or essex... for the uninitiated