61. Does the Facebook Hack Language implements Better Asynchronous Programming than JavaScript? - Lately in JavaScript podcast episode 41
Updated on: 2014-04-16
Posted on: 2014-04-16
Facebook just released the Hack Language. It implements a way to do asynchronous programming without going through the callback hell, thus making asynchronous programming more pleasant and productive.
That was one of the topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosings in the episode 41 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about doing page scroll based animations, emulating a file system on the browser side, developing HTML5 browser based games with Unity, using Node.js from the browser, transmitting data via audio and microphones using HTML5 Audio API, and validating email addresses with email typo fix suggestions with Node.js.
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That was one of the topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosings in the episode 41 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about doing page scroll based animations, emulating a file system on the browser side, developing HTML5 browser based games with Unity, using Node.js from the browser, transmitting data via audio and microphones using HTML5 Audio API, and validating email addresses with email typo fix suggestions with Node.js.
Now Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript to learn more about these interesting JavaScript discussions.
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Updated on: 2014-03-17
Posted on: 2014-03-17
HTML5 linked page prefetching is an interesting way load faster the next pages but it may not be a waste of bandwidth and CPU resources because the users may not visit the preloaded pages.
A more efficient way to prefetch the next pages is implemented by the Instaclick library that detects the user intention to click on a link by listening to link hover events.
That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins on the episode 40 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also discussed the advantages of using "use strict", background compilation of JavaScript in upcoming Chrome versions, trying JavaScript 6 features with ES6Fiddle, responsive menus with JRM, and JavaScript port of the game Quake using Emscripten.
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A more efficient way to prefetch the next pages is implemented by the Instaclick library that detects the user intention to click on a link by listening to link hover events.
That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins on the episode 40 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also discussed the advantages of using "use strict", background compilation of JavaScript in upcoming Chrome versions, trying JavaScript 6 features with ES6Fiddle, responsive menus with JRM, and JavaScript port of the game Quake using Emscripten.
Now listen to the podcast audio, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript to learn more about these interesting JavaScript discussions.
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Updated on: 2014-02-21
Posted on: 2014-02-21
Now that 2014 just started it is the right time to reflect on the JavaScript related technologied trends that are expected for 2014, like asm.js, EcmaScript 6, ParallelJS, Web Components and CSS Grid Layout.
That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 39 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about interesting libraries ported to JavaScript with Emscripten like OCRAD.js, Node-Webkit, VideoConverter.js, as well other outstanding libraries like Frida.js for scripting native applications, Uniter for interpreting PHP in JavaScript, and WebODF document editor.
Listen to this podcast now, or watch the hangout video or read the transcript to learn more about these JavaScript related technologies and libraries.
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That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 39 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about interesting libraries ported to JavaScript with Emscripten like OCRAD.js, Node-Webkit, VideoConverter.js, as well other outstanding libraries like Frida.js for scripting native applications, Uniter for interpreting PHP in JavaScript, and WebODF document editor.
Listen to this podcast now, or watch the hangout video or read the transcript to learn more about these JavaScript related technologies and libraries.
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Updated on: 2013-12-17
Posted on: 2013-12-17
The growth of popularity of JavaScript motivated the development of many tools and libraries that can audit your JavaScript code in order to improve it.
Those libraries and tools are the main topic of discussion between Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 37 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They talked about JavaScript tools for security auditing, defining custom code formatting rules, validating code according to custom rules, code refactoring, installing JavaScript packages with Composer PHP installer.
They also talked about JavaScript libraries for accessing Gmail and Amazon Web service APIs.
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Those libraries and tools are the main topic of discussion between Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 37 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They talked about JavaScript tools for security auditing, defining custom code formatting rules, validating code according to custom rules, code refactoring, installing JavaScript packages with Composer PHP installer.
They also talked about JavaScript libraries for accessing Gmail and Amazon Web service APIs.
Listen to the podcast, watch the hangout video or read the transcription to learn about these interesting JavaScript discussions.
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Updated on: 2013-08-07
Posted on: 2013-08-07
The recent introduction of generators and the yield keyword in Node.js provided a better way to deal with asynchronous activities similar to what is possible in Python and PHP 5.5.
That was one of the main topics discussed by the Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 33 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about Firefox removing the option to disable JavaScript, the valueof function to use object operations, the best ways to test private code, a fast way to browse table grids with millions of records, and the PhoneGap 3.0 release.
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That was one of the main topics discussed by the Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 33 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about Firefox removing the option to disable JavaScript, the valueof function to use object operations, the best ways to test private code, a fast way to browse table grids with millions of records, and the PhoneGap 3.0 release.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript to learn more about these interesting JavaScript topics.
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Updated on: 2013-07-09
Posted on: 2013-07-09
The Extensible Web Manifesto is proposing that the next Web standards be implemented as JavaScript libraries, so sites can benefit of the standards now instead of waiting for the next generation of browsers to implement those new standards.
That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in episode 32 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talks about better form submission feedback using Ladda, rendering 3D graphics on 2D canvas without WebGL using Phoria, and controlling Web apps using speech commands.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video or read the transcript to learn more about these interesting JavaScript topics.
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That was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in episode 32 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talks about better form submission feedback using Ladda, rendering 3D graphics on 2D canvas without WebGL using Phoria, and controlling Web apps using speech commands.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video or read the transcript to learn more about these interesting JavaScript topics.
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Updated on: 2013-03-05
Posted on: 2013-03-05
asm.js is a subset of JavaScript meant to execute code faster, especially for JavaScript converted from C or C++, but can also execute on browsers. This one of the main topics covered by Manuel Lemos, Michael Kimsal and Arturs Sosins in the episode 28 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about making languages execute faster with alternative memory allocation methods, using IndexedDB and other file storage APIs, better asynchronous programming with Async.js, and the comparison between languages with Lord of the Rings characters.
Listen to the podcast now, or watch the podcast video or read the transcript to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript related topics.
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They also talked about making languages execute faster with alternative memory allocation methods, using IndexedDB and other file storage APIs, better asynchronous programming with Async.js, and the comparison between languages with Lord of the Rings characters.
Listen to the podcast now, or watch the podcast video or read the transcript to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript related topics.
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Updated on: 2013-03-05
Posted on: 2013-02-06
JavaScript can load faster if HTML5 LocalStorage is used to cache the scripts on the browser side. This was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins in the episode 27 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked a new library to evaluate JavaScript code complexity, PhoneGap 2.3 improvements, the use of the strict mode in production JavaScript code, using advanced HTML5 and JavaScript based animations to get the attention of site users, the first edition of the JavaScript Programming Innovation Award.
Listen to the podcast audio, watch the video or read the transcript now to learn more about these interesting JavaScript topics.
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They also talked a new library to evaluate JavaScript code complexity, PhoneGap 2.3 improvements, the use of the strict mode in production JavaScript code, using advanced HTML5 and JavaScript based animations to get the attention of site users, the first edition of the JavaScript Programming Innovation Award.
Listen to the podcast audio, watch the video or read the transcript now to learn more about these interesting JavaScript topics.
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Updated on: 2013-01-07
Posted on: 2013-01-07
Will Wordpress shift from PHP to JavaScript? Will EcmaScript 6 become the basis of JavaScript? What will happen with JavaScript in 2013?
A review of the happenings in the JavaScript world in 2012 and the expectations of 2013 was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 26 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about the JavaScript Programming Innovation Award that is starting in January, the Nashorn JavaScript engine for Java, the debate of using events and promises as alternatives to callbacks, the growing support for WebRTC in different browsers, the problem of not styling with CSS graphics drawn in canvas objects, and the Freelance Path community for freelancers.
Listen now to the podcast, or watch the podcast video, or read the transcript to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript topics.
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A review of the happenings in the JavaScript world in 2012 and the expectations of 2013 was one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 26 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also talked about the JavaScript Programming Innovation Award that is starting in January, the Nashorn JavaScript engine for Java, the debate of using events and promises as alternatives to callbacks, the growing support for WebRTC in different browsers, the problem of not styling with CSS graphics drawn in canvas objects, and the Freelance Path community for freelancers.
Listen now to the podcast, or watch the podcast video, or read the transcript to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript topics.
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Updated on: 2013-01-08
Posted on: 2012-12-12
Ecmascript 6 is adding support to classes of objects in JavaScript like we have in other languages, but the interest of that is not consensual among the JavaScript community.
That was one of the topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 25 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also cover other interesting JavaScript related topics like the Web Platform site, using Object Properties, writung memory efficient JavaScript, the JavaScript API you never heard of, and the new system of levels and missions implemented in the JS Classes site to make it more fun and engaging for site contributors.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the podcast video, or read the transcript now to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript topics.
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That was one of the topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and Michael Kimsal in the episode 25 of the Lately in JavaScript podcast.
They also cover other interesting JavaScript related topics like the Web Platform site, using Object Properties, writung memory efficient JavaScript, the JavaScript API you never heard of, and the new system of levels and missions implemented in the JS Classes site to make it more fun and engaging for site contributors.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the podcast video, or read the transcript now to learn more about these and other interesting JavaScript topics.
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