This talk will show what has been accomplished in the past year for core javascript and explain what's left for the last few months before code freeze. A few topics you can expect to show up: Performance Which JS library got in core and why Tools and workflow JS clean-up As well as some future-facing questions: New policies for third party JS API changes (PHP and JS) How can contrib deal with JS-related changes What's still missing for D8 There will be mention of some crazy ideas that might work from contrib.