A Nue Perspective on JavaScript
Over the last few years, JavaScript has introduced a slew of new features—fat-arrow functions, maps and sets. But wait! What's a WeakMap? And there's a WeakSet? And what exactly does Proxy do, and why do we need it given JavaScript's dynamic nature? And then there's Proxy's cousin, Reflect. Are these features more the result of feature envy than of any pragmatic value?
In this fast-paced live coding session, Raju Gandhi will demonstrate how you can use these features in combination to create a reactivity system very similar to ones used by modern view libraries like Vue.js. Of course, if you are interested in Vue.js, or already use it, you have even more reason to see how Vue performs some its magic. Win win!
In this session, we will explore the APIs of several new additions to JavaScript, as well as see how they can be used to build something interesting, including:
- Maps
- Sets
- WeakMaps/WeakSets
- Proxy/Reflect
- ESM
If you've heard of these constructs, and want to see how to build something really cool, you really need to attend this session (And as a bonus, you'll see how one of the world's most popular frontend library does some of it's magic).
About Raju Gandhi
Raju is a software craftsman with almost 20 years of hands-on experience scoping, architecting, designing, implementing full stack applications.
He provides a 360 view of the development cycle, is proficient in a variety of programming languages and paradigms, experienced with software development methodologies, as well an expert in infrastructure and tooling.
He has long been in the pursuit of hermeticism across the development stack by championing immutability during development (with languages like Clojure), deployment (leveraging tools like Docker and Kubernetes), and provisioning and configuration via code (toolkits like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, everything-as-code).
Raju is a published author, internationally known public speaker and trainer.
Raju can be found on Twitter as @looselytyped.
In his spare time, you will find Raju reading, playing with technology, or spending time with his wonderful (and significantly better) other half.