The Ajax Experience - October 23 - 25, 2006 - No Fluff Just Stuff
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JavaScript: A Language of Many Contrasts

The Ajax Experience

Boston · October 23 - 25, 2006

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About this Presentation

JavaScript is a programming language with enormous expressive power. This presentation will explore the use of some of JavaScript's most advanced features, including the use of lambda and functional programming, and prototypal and parasitic inheritance patterns.

JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language. It is the first lambda language to go mainstream. To use it effectively, you need to learn some unique patterns. JavaScript is not like other languages.

Douglas Crockford

Creator of JSON

Crock is a product of our public school system. A registered voter, he owns his own car. He has developed office automation systems. He did research in games and music at Atari. He was Director of Technology at Lucasfilm. He was Director of New Media at Paramount. He was the founder and CEO of Electric Communities/Communities.com. He was founder and CTO of State Software, where he discovered JSON. He is now an architect at Yahoo!.