The document discusses the JavaScript revolution from its beginnings in 1994 to modern frameworks. It highlights heroes of the revolution like Node.js and front-end frameworks Backbone.js and AngularJS. Node.js allows building scalable network applications using JavaScript on the server-side. Additional allies that supported the revolution include MongoDB, Nodejitsu, GitHub, and RESTful APIs. The presentation encourages exploring experimental JavaScript at www.badassjs.com.

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The Javascript Revolution
Presented by donald derek haddad
@arabnet lightning talks

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The Pre-Revolution
“ From its birth at Netscape in 1994
It took us 19 years to get here. You
can do it all with JS ”

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WHY JAVASCRIPT? ?
“ JavaScript has certain characteristics that
make it very different than other dynamic
languages, namely that it has no concept of
threads. Its model of concurrency is completely
based around events. ”
- Ryan Dahl – Creator of NodeJS

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Heroes of the revolution
n Its definitely not jQuery
n jQuery is the PHP4 of JavaScript
n Here’s some of the real heroes:
n Node JS
n Front end MV* frameworks:
n Backbone JS
n Angular JS

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So what is this Node thing ?! N
n It’s built on Google’s V8 JavaScript Runtime
n It allows you to build scalable network applications
using JavaScript on the server-side.
n It’s fast because it’s mostly C code

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What can you build with it?
n Websocket Server – like a chat server
n Fast File Upload Client
n Ad Server
n Any Real-Time Data Apps

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Node Packaged Modules – NPM
n To install any npm module you run the command:
npm install express
n Search for packages on: www.npmjs.org
n A better way of installing packages is to include a
file called packages.json in your app directory and
then runing
npm install

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Introducing Backbone.js
“ Get your truth out of the DOM ”
- Jeremy Ashkenas
n Provides client-side app structure
n Models to represent data
n Views to hook up models to the DOM
n Synchronizes data to/from server

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Some of The allies a
n Some of the allies in this revolution:
n MongoDB
n Nodejitsu
n Github
n RESTful APIs
n The experimental stuff: www.badassjs.com
“A showcase of awesome JavaScript code that
pushes the boundaries of what's possible on the
web.”

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Thank you
And
May the Force be With you
W: donaldderek.com
@DerekHaddad
G: github.com/DonaldDerek