Getting Enterprise to Embrace Javascript

slides for talks I gave at ConnectJS in Atlanta and at HTML5DevConf in San Francisco

Transcript

1. Michael Cohen developer @ GoDaddy @planetcohen
2. GoDaddy world’s largest •  domain registrar •  DNS •  hosting company
3. Radically shift the global economy toward small business by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures.
4. Getting Enterprise to Embrace Javascript
5. 1  how I got here 2  enterprise 3  enterprise & javascript
6. science
7. math
13. intuitive easy powerful learnable innovative fun simple useable consistent
14. delicious
16. and yet…
21. enterprise
29. size?
31. size?
32. age?
34. age?
35. tech?
36. Evolution
37. Evolution uses software
38. Evolution writes software
39. Evolution software at core
44. enterprise === writes software && enterprise !== software at core
45. “Software is eating the world” Marc Andreessen
46. existential crisis
47. answer: delicious software
48. Challenge Browser •  VB •  .NET forms •  HTML •  CSS •  Javascript •  jQuery Server •  Java •  C# / .NET •  XML •  SQL •  PHP •  Javascript Mobile •  Objective-C •  Java •  HTML/CSS •  Javascript
49. Opportunity Browser •  VB •  .NET forms •  HTML •  CSS •  Javascript •  jQuery Server •  Java •  C# / .NET •  XML •  SQL •  PHP •  Javascript Mobile •  Objective-C •  Java •  HTML/CSS •  Javascript
50. embrace
51. obstacles
52. just a “toy” language
53. only works in browser
54. too slow
55. no static typing, can’t work for large teams, large projects
56. confront existential crisis create delicious software embrace JS