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November 04, 2011
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So bright it burns
My YUIConf 2011 keynote
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THE FUTURE OF JAVASCRIPT SO BRIGHT IT BURNS
Hi, I’m dherman @littlecalculist
I — JavaScript and I love the language it almost
is...
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tl;dr
TIER 1 AWESOMENESS modules • block scoping • generators •
proxies • binary data • destructuring • rest-args & defaults TIER 2 AWESOMENESS name objects • custom iteration • comprehensions • string templates • hash tables & weak maps
Great languages deserve great libraries and that means modules
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browser <script></script>
var Collections = (function() { function Dict()
{ ... } return { Dict: Dict }; })();
“The human compiler, at work.” — Paul Graham “The sincerest
form of feature request.” — someone?
module Collections { export function Dict() {
... } }
import { $ } from "jquery.js"; import { map, each
} from "underscore.js";
import { $ } from "jquery.js"; import { map, each
} from "underscore.js"; loaded once, before execution
let is the new var block scoping (at long, long
last)
for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
var x = a[i]; x.onclick = function() { x.toggle() }; }
for (i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
let x = a[i]; x.onclick = function() { x.toggle() }; }
Generator functions an alternative to callback spaghetti
function* counter() { yield 1;
yield 2; yield 3; } var g = counter(); alert(g.next()); // 1 alert(g.next()); // 2 alert(g.next()); // 3
XHR("foo.txt", function(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) {
XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = foo + bar + baz; }, 1000); }); }); });
XHR("foo.txt", function(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) {
XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = foo + bar + baz; }, 1000); }); }); }); pyramid of doom
function onTimeout(foo, bar, baz) { status.innerHTML =
foo + bar + baz; } XHR("foo.txt", function(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) { XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { setTimeout(function() { onTimeout(foo, bar, baz); }, 1000); }); }); });
function onTimeout(foo, bar, baz) { status.innerHTML =
foo + bar + baz; } function onBaz(foo, bar, baz) { setTimeout(function() { onTimeout(foo, bar, baz); }, 1000); } XHR("foo.txt", function(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) { XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { onBaz(foo, bar, baz); }); }); });
function onTimeout(foo, bar, baz) { status.innerHTML =
foo + bar + baz; } function onBaz(foo, bar, baz) { setTimeout(function() { onTimeout(foo, bar, baz); }, 1000); } function onBar(foo, bar) { XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { onBaz(foo, bar, baz); }); } XHR("foo.txt", function(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) { onBar(foo, bar); }); });
function onTimeout(foo, bar, baz) { status.innerHTML =
foo + bar + baz; } function onBaz(foo, bar, baz) { setTimeout(function() { onTimeout(foo, bar, baz); }, 1000); } function onBar(foo, bar) { XHR("baz.txt", function(baz) { onBaz(foo, bar, baz); }); } function onFoo(foo) { XHR("bar.txt", function(bar) { onBar(foo, bar); }); } XHR("foo.txt", onFoo);
Pour 1/2 cup water into pan. When you’re done: Bring
water to boil. When that’s done: Lower heat and add rice. After 15 minutes: Turn off heat and serve.
spawn(function*() { var foo = yield read("foo.txt"),
bar = yield read("bar.txt"), baz = yield read("baz.txt"); yield sleep(1000); status.innerHTML = foo + bar + baz; });
Proxies meta-programming for fun and profit
var p = new Proxy(obj, { get:
function(...) { ... }, set: function(...) { ... }, delete: function(...) { ... }, ... });
Bits, bytes and blobs binary file and network I/O
var Point2D = new StructType({ x: uint32,
y: uint32 }); var Color = new StructType({ r: uint8, g: uint8, b: uint8 });
var Pixel = new StructType({ point: Point2D,
color: Color }); var Triangle = new ArrayType(Pixel, 3);
new Triangle([ { point: { x: 0,
y: 0 }, color: { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 } }, { point: { x: 5, y: 5 }, color: { r: 128, g: 0, b: 0 } }, { point: { x: 10, y: 0 }, color: { r: 0, g: 0, b: 128 } } ])
Destructuring try it, you’ll like it
var { r, g, b } = thing.color; var [x,
y] = circle.center; [a, b] = [b, a];
function div({ width, height, border }) {
... }
Rest-args and defaults death to the arguments object!
function f(i, j, ...rest) { return rest.slice(i,
j); }
array.push(thing1, thing2, ...moarThings); var shape = new Shape(...points);
function img(src, width=320, height=240) { ... }
function img({ src,
width=320, height=240 }) { ... }
Name objects first-class, unique property keys
function Container() { var secret = 3;
this.service = function() { if (secret-‐-‐) { ... } }; }
var key = Name.create("secret"); function Container() { this[key] = 3
} Container.prototype = { service: function() { if (this[key]-‐-‐) { ... } } };
Custom object iteration taming the for-in loop
for (x in [3, 4, 5])
// 0, 1, 2 (d’oh) for (x of [3, 4, 5]) // 3, 4, 5 for (x of keys(o)) // keys in o for (x of values(o)) // values of o for ([k, v] of items(o)) // props of o
import iterate from "@iter"; obj[iterate] = function() {
return { next: function() { ... } } } for (x of obj) { ... }
Comprehensions beautiful array processing
[ x * y for (x of obj1) for (y
of obj2) ] ( x * y for (x of obj1) for (y of obj2) )
String templates untangling string formatting code
"<p>\nohai, " + firstName + " " + lastName +
"\n</p>"
`<p> ohai, ${firstName} ${lastName} </p>`
safeHTML`<p> ohai, ${firstName} ${lastName} </p>`
Object-keyed tables hash tables and weak maps
var scores = new Map(); var player1 = { ...
}; scores.set(player1, 0); scores.get(player1) // 0
var markers = new WeakMap(); var tile = new Tile(...);
var results = [...]; tiles.set(tile, results);
There is a bigger picture.
“Be a better language for: a. complex apps b. libraries
c. code generators”
Motivated by use cases. Solve with simple, general, composable features.
Pieces have to fit together in a cohesive whole.
study the issues study the big picture study the issues
again study the big picture again study the issues again SHIP IT!
Work in the open wiki.ecmascript.org es-discuss
How soon is now?
We (Ecma) are working hard and fast on the spec.
We (vendors) are prototyping and shipping features now. Transpilers as language shims: Traceur, Narcissus
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