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DownTheRabbitHole.js – How to Stay Sane in an Insane Ecosystem

April 17 2016, 2:15 - 3:00pm Room: Toronto III

Frameworks
Intermediate
JavaScript

Overview

Today it feels like Javascript tools and libraries are popping like up mushrooms. And just like fungi, if you pick the wrong one, it could lead to some real suffering. From Angular to Zepto, this talk will help you map out the ecosystem and find the good stuff so you can avoid having a bad trip.

Objective

The audience will learn how to map out and evaluate tools and libraries in the JS ecosystem

Target Audience

The target audience is JS developers who want to feel a little more sane

Assumed audience knowledge

A working understanding Javascript

 

Five things you’ll learn

  1. A mental map of the current state of JS development
  2. How to evaluate JS tools & libraries
  3. Alternatives to the big libraries (jQuery, Angular, React, etc)
  4. Awesome lesser known JS tools & libraries
  5. Avoiding JS entirely through alternate languages (TypeScript, ClojureScript, Elm, etc)