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The Power of Javascript

Presented by Glenn Vanderburg on Mar 29, 2008

Community
Ruby
Topics
Language ,
Rich Internet Apps ,
Programming ,
Dynamic Languages ,
Javascript ,
Language Design
Tags
Language Features ,
AJAX ,
JAOO Conference
Summary
Glenn Vanderburg makes the case for Javascript, a language long overlooked. This presentation from JAOO 2007 shows how its OOP model and other language features make it a very powerful tool and how to use these features to get the most out of the language.

Bio
Glenn Vanderburg is an independent consultant focused on cutting-edge software development technologies and techniques, including Ruby, JavaScript, Ajax, and state-of-the-art development practices.

About the conference
JAOO is the premier European developer conference on software technology, methods and best practices. The conference presents in-depth presentations and tutorials by researchers, engineers and trend-setters in software engineering and technology.
That's great! by João Vieira da Luz Posted Apr 4, 2008 6:50 PM
Nice presentation by Julian Browne Posted Apr 9, 2008 4:17 AM
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    That's great!

    Apr 4, 2008 6:50 PM by João Vieira da Luz

    Glenn got the point. I've put my two arms in the air several times. I reviewed myself several times on my javascript learning curve.

    The last statement: "Great, new, powerful things aren't going to look like the things we already understand. If we aren't expecting that, we'll miss them."

    This is very true about javascript.
    Thanks Glenn.

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    Nice presentation

    Apr 9, 2008 4:17 AM by Julian Browne

    A good presentation that's well worth sitting through. Not sure that it will convince hardened doubters that javascript is a candidate for more serious work, despite it's growing role in the ajax world, but then if you have strong views on the risk/power that javascript's fluidity provides I guess it would take more than one presentation. I've been playing with Phobos recently (admittedly for my own edification as opposed to anything industrial strength) and love it.

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