General JavaScript tutorial or video
The ability to create long running, rich applications using JavaScript and HTML5 can bring with it the need to solve memory leaks or improve the performance of JavaScript. In this demo-heavy session we’ll cover the tools available for finding memory leaks and improving the performance of JavaScript in Windows Store …
This video presents the JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas. Topics covered include fundamentals of the JavaScript language, creating an HTML5 page with a Canvas on it, drawing rectangles to the Canvas and animation.
Learn the fundamentals of JavaScript variable scope and common “execution context” (scope) challenges associated with early/late binding of event handlers, specifically within complex Ext JS layouts. We’ll also bring several patterns (namespaced references, Function closures, inline references, ref/refOwner, and the “Poor-man’s message bus”) to bear on the bowl of soup …
There are many implementations of JavaScript, meant to run either on the JVM or standalone as native code. Both approaches have their respective pros and cons. The soon-to-be open sourced Oracle Nashorn JavaScript project is based on the former approach.
The number of JavaScript APIs has exploded over the years, with a small subset of those APIs getting all the attention. While developers feverishly work on Web sockets and canvas, it’s easy to overlook some smaller and quite useful APIs. This talk uncovers the “uncool” JavaScript APIs that most people …
Are you comfortable passing functions around, returning them from other functions, and generally enjoy the pleasures of higher-order functions? Join in on an hour implementing ideas from functional programming in JavaScript. I will show you how you can significantly up your game by leaving loops behind and embracing functions as …
