There Will Be JavaScript

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1. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT

2. I’m here to convince you to start learning JavaScript

3. @mmozuras

4. None

5. SUCKS JAVASCRIPT LET’S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY...

6. > 0.1 + 0.2

7. > 0.1 + 0.2 0.30000000000000004

8. > false == “0”

9. > false == “0” true

10. > NaN === NaN

11. > NaN === NaN false

12. > {} + []

13. > {} + [] 0

14. > var i = “1” > i++ > i

15. > var i = “1” > i++ > i 2

16. > var i = “1” > i+=1 > i

17. > var i = “1” > i+=1 > i 11

18. JavaScript: The Good Parts

19. Ok, so JavaScript is not perfect...

20. Your favorite language sucks too

21. JS is faster than other dynamic langs: Ruby, PHP, Python...

22. demo

23. It’s all about the trade-offs

24. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT ON THE SERVER

25. OMG, NODE.JS IS TOTALLY AMAZING

26. Node demo

27. ~25000 npm packages

28. Including web frameworks like Express and Tower (MVC)

29. Used in production by companies like LinkedIn and rdio

30. Meteor demo

31. Meteor, SocketStream, Derby...

32. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT IN GAMES

33. WebGL

34. voxel.js demo

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37. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT IN THE DATABASE

38. MongoDB, CouchDB, Persevere...

39. MongoDB shell - all JavaScript > db.people.find({_id: 10})

40. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT ON MOBILE DEVICES

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42. None

43. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT THE WAY YOU LIKE IT

44. Want Ruby & Python? Coffeescript

45. Want Clojure? Clojurescript

46. Want Java? Dart

47. Want Microsoft... static typing? Typescript

48. And there’s half a dozen of others...

49. Personally I prefer: JavaScript

50. THERE WILL BE JAVASCRIPT EVERYWHERE

51. Everything that can be written in JS, will eventually be

    written in JS Atwood’s Law

52. github.com/languages JavaScript 21%

53. You can use 5 languages. Or you can learn JavaScript

54. JavaScript - the only language people feel they don't need

    to learn before they start using it. Douglas Crockford

55. IS AWESOME JAVASCRIPT

56. codingfearlessly.com twitter.com/mmozuras github.com/mmozuras thanks!