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Evolution of Javascript

This document outlines a talk on the evolution of JavaScript from early browser inconsistencies to its modern use on browsers, mobile devices, and servers. The talk will cover how JavaScript has matured and how practices like testing, object-oriented design, and frameworks have improved it. Emerging technologies like HTML5 and new platforms will also be discussed, along with a demonstration of a JavaScript iPhone app.

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Evolution of Javascript

This document outlines a talk on the evolution of JavaScript from early browser inconsistencies to its modern use on browsers, mobile devices, and servers. The talk will cover how JavaScript has matured and how practices like testing, object-oriented design, and frameworks have improved it. Emerging technologies like HTML5 and new platforms will also be discussed, along with a demonstration of a JavaScript iPhone app.

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Renat Zubairov

Evolution of JavaScript

Sopera GmbH Sträßchensweg 10 Bonn, Work State 53113 T +49228182-19033 [email protected]


Abstract

As it is very well pointed by Douglas Crockford - JavaScript is “The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language”.
In my talk I would like to take a look on the evolution of the JavaScript from Web developer perspective, I would like to go
from the early days of diry hacks and Browser-incompatibilities, through AJAX age when the language becoming it’s
attractiveness to the modern state where it is used in browser, on mobiles and on the server-side.

In my talk I won’t go in to the linguistic deails but I would like to show how mature the JavaScript and it’s ecosystem right
now. I would like to talk about how modern Agile developmen practicies such as Unit testing, TDD and Continious
Integration are aplicable for JavaScript. I will show how good Object-Oriented Architecture and Design find their place in
modern JavaScript framework, how power and attractiveness of the language could make allot of difference when
comparing it with Java. I’m pretty sure it will be quite interesting to see how JavaScript and HTML ideas are adopted back to
Java, e.g. in Eclipse 4 project or GWT, and how Java and JavaScript are merged, and I will demonstrate a JavaScript
application servers such as node.js.

In the end of the talk I will take a short look into the future of JavaScript related with HTML5/CSS3, I will give a short
overview of the most promising technologies in this area, I will also talk about new Palm WebOS, Chrome OS as well as will
give a short demo of IPhone application written in JavaScript that behaves the same way as native ObjectiveC application.

This is a draft for table of contents:

• Introduction

• “The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language”

• Dark age - Browser Model

• Breaking ouside of HTML

• AJAX

• HTML-driven JavaScript

• Application-driven JavaScript

• Object-oriented JavaScript

• Development Tooling and Platforms

• JavaScript on Mobile Devices

Sopera GmbH Sträßchensweg 10 Bonn, Work State 53113 T +49228182-19033 [email protected]


During my talk I will mention following frameworks/technologies:

• HTML-dvien JS frameworks - Prototype, JQuery, YUI 3.0

• Application JS frameworks - SproutCore, Cappuccino, YUI 2.0/3.0, Dojo, ExtJS

• HTML5-oriented JS frameworks - Raphael

• Mobile/Touch JS Frameworks - PhoneGap, JQTouch, Secha Touch, SproutCore Touch

• Server-side JS Frameworks - node.js, commons.js

What I will try to avoid talking about

• comparision of JavaScript frameworks (e.g. JQuery vs. Prototype vs. Dojo...)

• going into linguistic details (ECMAScript vs. JavaScript vs. JScript)

• browser compatibilities/incompatibilities, browser wars

• language flame wars: JavaScript vs. Java vs. Ruby....

Sopera GmbH Sträßchensweg 10 Bonn, Work State 53113 T +49228182-19033 [email protected]

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