JavaScript Taking Both the High and Low Roads
summary
ES6 lands in top browsers with real features like modules integrated into HTML so module script is async by default and supports browser caching; ES7 explores value objects (bigint/decimal literals, proposed suffixes like n and M) and limited operator overloading to avoid surprising semantics. Low‑level work adds SIMD and 64‑bit ints for big gains — demos show roughly 3x–4x SIMD speedup and asm.js/Emscripten bring near‑native performance. Engines compile full games: Unreal Engine 4 runs plugin‑free in the browser.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00The history of web dev
- 2:21ES6 and the high road
- 8:37Low road and value objects
- 16:05Native performance with JS
- 18:00Demos: SIMD and Unreal Engine
- 27:28The future of the web
