Everywhere Is undefined: Using JavaScript's Script Portion
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The talk surveys where JavaScript is used beyond browsers — on servers, laptops, phones and other platforms — emphasizing that JS remains fundamentally a scripting language. It examines contexts and environments where the familiar value undefined still appears and how its scripting nature affects where and how undefined manifests.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:10JavaScript frontend role
- 5:48Browser evolution
- 7:17Static to dynamic
- 9:06JavaScript in Edge engine
- 12:20Scripts in Google Docs
- 17:27Dice generator in Docs
- 20:18JavaScript with Siri
- 25:15Siri script demo
- 26:02Where else to run JS
- 33:06Why JS everywhere
- 36:42Summary
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