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The Evolution of JavaScript

on YouTube 26m
Talkat JSWorld Conference 2022 · 2022-02-09..02-11· [javascript]

speaker

name:Jemima Abu
website:https://jemimaabu.com

resources

video:https://youtu.be/6Et0de2dcBs
slides:none on file

summary

JavaScript starts as a client-side form-validation hack for Netscape and is famously built in ten days by Brendan, then standardized as ECMAScript; it expands via AJAX, jQuery, V8 and Node.js to run servers and desktops. npm grows to 1.9 million npm packages and creates dependency fragility exemplified by the left-pad outage that briefly broke many builds. Claims include 97.6% of sites using JS and millions of GitHub projects, showing scope, tools, surprising scale, and fragile dependencies.

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chapters (10)

  1. 0:00JavaScript history
  2. 1:16Static web to scripting
  3. 4:4910-day origin purpose
  4. 7:38Browser wars standardization
  5. 11:32JavaScript dominant language
  6. 15:43Birth of frameworks
  7. 18:31Node.js npm growth
  8. 20:56Left-pad crisis
  9. 24:04JavaScript future beyond web
  10. 25:07Conclusion Q&A

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