JavaScript

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JavaScript is a dynamic, weakly typed, prototype-based language with first-class functions. JavaScript was influenced by many languages and was designed to have a similar look to Java, but be easier for non-programmers to work with. The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript), but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications.

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Recent and Upcoming Conferences about JavaScript

	Location	Start date	End date
Google I/O 2009	San Francisco, CA	245497927 May 2009	2454980.999305628 May 2009 23:59:00
JavaScript Performance (NY WebPerf, Aug 2009)	New York, NY	245506218 August 2009	2455062.999305618 August 2009 23:59:00

Presentations about JavaScript

• Speed Up Your JavaScript given by Nicholas Zakas at Google Tech Talks on 4 June 2009
• Websites on Speed given by Philip S Tellis at Yahoo!7 Open Session (May 2009) on 25 May 2009
• The Open Web Goes Mobile given by Peter-Paul Koch at Google Tech Talks on 24 April 2009
• JavaScript Events given by Peter-Paul Koch at Yahoo! Talk on 23 April 2009
• Even Faster Web Sites given by Steve Souders at SXSW 2009 on 14 March 2009
• Life is Too Short, Write Fast Code (part 2) given by Steve Souders at Google Tech Talks on 5 March 2009
• The DOM Is a Mess given by John Resig at Yahoo! Talk on 2 February 2009
• Web Performance Tools Demos given by Simon Perkins, Eric Lawrence, Eric Goldsmith, John J. Barton at Velocity 2008 on 24 June 2008
• High Performance Web Pages given by Stoyan Stefanov at 2008 PHP Quebec Conference on 13 March 2008
• JavaScript: The Good Parts given by Douglas Crockford at The Ajax Experience East 2007 on 25 October 2007
• JavaScript Library Overview given by John Resig at The Ajax Experience East 2007 on 23 October 2007
• High Performance Widgets given by Steve Souders at Widget Summit 2007 on 16 October 2007
• The State of Ajax given by Douglas Crockford at Rich Web Experience 2007 on 6 September 2007
• XulDb as case study with XUL, PHP and jQuery given by Jeff Griffiths at PHP Tek 2007 on 17 May 2007
• Browser Wars Episode II: Attack of the DOMs given by Chris Wilson, Mike Shaver, Håkon Wium Lie, Douglas Crockford at Silicon Valley Web Builder on 28 February 2007
• Firefox and the future of the Web given by Mike Schroepfer at FOSDEM 2007 on 25 February 2007
• Firefox, JavaScript, and the Future of the Web given by Brendan Eich at The Ajax Experience East 2006 on 25 October 2006
• Adventures in JavaScript testing given by Thomas Fuchs at RailsConf Europe 2006 on 14 September 2006
• JavaScript 2 and the Future of the Web given by Brendan Eich at The Ajax Experience West 2006 on 12 May 2006

Standards related to JavaScript

• RFC 4329 - Scripting Media Types by B. Hoehrmann (INFORMATIONAL / 1 April 2006)