WebTalks on trends in JavaScript

4:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Welcome

5:00 P.M. - 5:25 P.M. Session 1

• Title: "Web Technologies on Mobile - Opportunities and Challenges"

• Speaker: Andreas Gal, Vice President of Mobile at Mozilla

5:25 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. Q/A

5:30 P.M. - 5:55 P.M. Session 2

• Title: "JavaScript in the backend"

• Speaker: Yao Lu, Samsung

• Abstract:

We'll give a small presentation about JavaScript usage on the backend server side. The most famous platform in this realm is NodeJS, which is powered by Google v8 JavaScript engine. It is now widely used by campaniles like SAP, LinkedIn, PayPal, and also Samsung Milk Music service. We'd focus on sharing some of our experiences and understandings regarding to using this new cutting-edge server-side Javascript technology.

5:55 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Q/A

5 minutes break

6:05 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Session 3

• Title: "Supersonic JavaScript"

• Speaker: Ariya Hidayat, Shape Security

• Abstract:
Writing fast JavaScript code is not only about running loops, measuring the elapsed time, and getting obsessed with microbenchmarks.
Understanding the inner workings of the JavaScript engine will reveal the typical code patterns favored for maximum execution speed (short function, fixed object shape, profile-guided, garbage minimization).

6:30 P.M. - 6:35 P.M. Q/A

6:35 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Session 4

• Title: "JavaScript in the Small"

• Speaker: Satish Chandra, Samsung

• Abstract:
Emerging wearable devices are running the same software platforms that power smartphones. This leads to the appealing idea that a uniform programming abstraction can be used for app development for a range of devices, from wearables to smartphones. In practice, however, wearables will lag smartphones in their hardware capabilities, and this will have an impact on app development. We will talk about a few ways in which developers are likely to deal with the differences, including ways in which JavaScript may be used and/or run differently to accommodate the different memory sizes.

7:00 P.M. - 7:05 P.M. Q/A

5 minutes break

7:10 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Open Discussion

• Moderator: Seo-Young Hwang, Samsung

8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Networking