Impressions from JAOO 2008 (2)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008By Jan Reher, Senior Developer, Systematic Software Engineering A/S. jan.reher@systematic.com.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lars Bak: Google V8
V8 is the JavaScript engine (JSE) that runs inside Google chrome and executes the JavaScript that provides much of the dynamic contents of today’s web pages. The JSE is crucial for browser performance and responsiveness. Google felt that most JSEs [...]
The Demo Ghost spares nobody – V8 miraculous surviver
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008It seems that these are the times where every day on JAOO must begin with the sad sound of Kresten Thorup sighing “… this is embarassing“. Tuesday morning at the keynote, when Google’s Lars Bak went on stage to present the V8 engine of Chrome, something made the laptop containing the slides for Lars’ talk [...]
Is JavaScript becoming a Ruby killer?
Thursday, September 11th, 2008I love Ruby. I participate in the local Ruby user group. I am a member of the program committee of the RubyFools conference. Occasionally, I give presentations on the greatnesses of Ruby and my own spare-time Ruby projects. I feel free when I code Ruby. I love the creativity of the Ruby community developing new [...]