Learn Javascript or Die

My presentation for the Torino Coding Society talking about javascript: a brief history of the language and its current uses, followed by an in-depth exploration of the language.

You can find the code samples here: https://github.com/Arkham/JTGP/blob/master/talk/talk.md

Transcript

1. @arkh4m Learn Javascript or DIE
2. A BRIEF HISTORY
3. Brendan Eich Engineer, invented JS in 1995 working for Netscape.
4. It was called Mocha. It was shipped as LiveScript. It was marketed as JavaScript.
5. Java != JavaScript
6. JS USES
7. If you want to work with the web, learn JavaScript. “ ” If you don't want to learn JavaScript, stay the hell away from the web. @ppk
11. Emscripten is a LLVM to JavaScript compiler.
12. JS ALL THE THINGS!
14. VIM TIME https://github.com/Arkham/JTGP/blob/master/talk/talk.md