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ECMAScript 6: A Better JavaScript for the Ambient Computing Era

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Summary

Allen Wirfs-Brock answers questions on ECMAScript 6: Why do we need it? Why did it take so long? What’s in it? When can you use it? What comes next?

Bio

Allen Wirfs-Brock is a Mozilla Research Fellow and the technical editor of ECMA-262, the international standard that defines JavaScript. He is an expert in dynamic, OOP languages and their implementation but is also an entrepreneur who founded two successful companies. He is also writing in his spare time about the technical and societal implications of the rapidly emerging Ambient Computing Era.

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The Philadelphia Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference has established itself as the most diverse and interesting conference on the East Coast. Curated by developers, for developers, it brings together the brightest minds in software development.

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Jun 28, 2015

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