Javascript

 

All the things!!!

 

 

Javascript All the things!!!!

 

About The Speaker

 

 

Terrance Smith

 

 
  • Dad of a 6 year old
  • Owner of Hacker Ferret Software
  • Independent Software Consultant 
  • 8 years exp as a web\appliation developer
  • 4 year exp System\Network Admin in US Army

 

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Hacker Ferret Software

 

 
  • Independent Software Consultation, Development, and Interesting creation Studio
  • "Hacking Love into Software"
  • Mission:Building a better Future with Software

 

 

Outline

 
  • Assumptions about You
  • The State of Javascript
  • Desktop
  • Mobile
  • Microcontroller, IoT & Beyond
  • Q & A
 

Assumptions about You

  • Have some exp with js
  • Have exp with  a programming language
  • Have exp with web design\development
  • Have an interested in js empowerment
  • Have an interest in javascript
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The State of Javascript

 

Where are we now?


The State of JS 2017


Where did we come from?

 

Behold powah of  of the Browsa!!!

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On the Server with 

 

What is Node.js?

 
  • Cross Platform Javascript Runtime
  • Uses Google's V8 Engine for parsing
  • Async\Non-Blocking By Default
  • Event Based
  • Single threaded
 

What does that mean?

 

TL;DR; version:

 

Its really fast at doing lots of simple things concurrently .

 

It's not so fast with processor intensive operation.

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Desktop

 

Desktop Application Framework built on top of Node.js and Chromium

 

Core Electron Concepts

 

Main Process

 

Render

Process(es)

 

Web View

 

Main :Communicates with OS

 

Render: Communicates With Browser Elements in view

 

Operating System

 

Features

 
  • Open Source
  • Runs on Mac, Win and Linux 
  • Use existing HTML, CSS and JS
  • Access to Native OS API
  • Tooling for native OS installers
  • Updates, Error Reporting, Profiling
  • Built and Supported by GitHub
 

Who is using it?

 

Alternatives

 

Whats the Difference?

Mobile

 

Ionic

 

Open Source SDK used for Hybrid Mobile App Development, built leveraging Angular and Apache Cordova.

 

Core Concepts of

 
  • Leverages Phone's own Web Browser for rendering content
  • Can access Native functionality with plugins

 

 

Features of Ionic

 

 

 

 

Who is using it?

 

Alternatives

 
 

Microcontrollers & Beyond!!!

 

 

Major Devices

 

 

 Libraries For Microcontrollers and IoT

 

 
 

Neato Examples

 
 

QA

 

References