Open Source Bridge

Topics:

• JavaScript libraries (dojo, jQuery, etc)
• Widget systems (dijit, jQuery UI)
• CommonJS initiative (modules, transports, console, filesystem)
• Client/server-side JS
• Web browser compatibility (IE6???)
• ECMAScript 5 (getters, setters, strict mode, etc)
• HTML5 (video, audio, etc)
• CSS3 (webkit animations, layout, etc)
• Tools
• Hacks

Notes:

• Everybody uses a JS library
• Good characteristics of a JS library? (dom, events)
• I18N (Google closure templates, dojo)
• node.js (binary data - buffers)
• cross-browser console.* support incomplete
• client-side vs server-side differences (this object)
• Notes and slides from Professional JavaScript talk: http://opensourcebridge.org/2010/wiki/Professional_JavaScript
• Filtering tools (input scrubbing, esp for server-side)