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JavaScript Today and Tomorrow: Evolving the Ambient Language of the Ambient Computing Era

Topics
Javascript,
QCon London 2012,
Dynamic Languages,
QCon,
Languages,
Programming,
EcmaScript Harmony,
Browsers,
Conferences,
Web Development,
EcmaScript 5

Allen Wirfs-Brock reviews the evolution of JavaScript, observing its current status and foreseeing its near future, supporting the idea that JavaScript’s role will be even more predominant.

Allen Wirfs-Brock on ECMAScript, Browsers and the Ambient Computing Era

Topics
Google Dart,
Dynamic Languages,
Microsoft,
Languages,
Programming,
Internet Explorer,
Companies,
EcmaScript 5,
Web Browser,
Mozilla,
Browsers

Allen Wirfs-Brock talks about the ambient computng era and how the web and the browsers fit in this vision. He also shares his experiences from working on EcmaScript 5/6, and explains about the evolution of this spec.

"Post-PC Computing" Is Not a Vision

Topics
HTML,
Strange Loop 2011,
Web Development,
Markup Languages,
Methodologies,
Languages,
Strange Loop,
Conferences,
Programming,
Cloud Computing,
Change,
Mobile,
History

Allen Wirfs-Brock discusses the various computing eras and the change we are currently going through, leaving the PC era and entering a new one characterized by mobility, clouds, HTML and content.