The Busy Java Developer's Guide to ECMA (Java) Script

ECMAScript, better known by its original name, Javascript, remains one of the most popular--and misunderstood--programming languages in use today. While most developers see Javascript as a crippled form of its namesake (Java), it turns out that ECMAScript represents a powerful dynamically-typed language, easily equal to the other popular dynamic languages of the day (Python or Ruby).

In this presentation, we'll take a fresh look at the ECMAScript language, examine its basic structure and syntax, and look at how it manages objects internally. Then, with the basics out of the way, we'll start to examine the more interesting parts of the language, and wrap up with some discussion of how ECMAScript can be integrated into more than just a web browser to provide extension capabilities.

About Ted Neward

Ted Neward is an Architectural Consultant with Neudesic, LLC as well as the Principal with Neward & Associates. He speaks on the conference circuit discussing Java, .NET and XML service technologies, focusing on Java-.NET interoperability, programming languages, and virtual machine technologies. He has written several widely-recognized books in both the Java and .NET space, including the recently- released "Professional F#" and widely-acclaimed "Effective Enterprise Java". He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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