JavaScript—The Fun and Useful Parts
Thursday, 8:00 PM
JavaScript is one of the most powerful and arguably the most widely used languages. Yes it has gained a poor reputation, something it really does not deserve. Once we take the time to learn the really fun and useful parts of this language, we gain a greater respect for the language and a genuine desire to make better use of it.
In this presentation we will focus on the parts of JavaScript that are often underutilized and even unheard of, but offer quite some benefit to those who take time to explore.
About Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. His latest book is Functional Programming in Java: Harnessing the Power of Java 8 Lambda Expressions. You can reach him by email at [email protected] or on twitter at @venkat_s.
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